Iceland
Búðakirkja
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Iceland
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
Iceland
A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.
Iceland
Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.
Iceland
A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.
Heimaey, Iceland
Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.
Iceland
This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.
Iceland
Rising from the sea like a stone monster.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."
Cresco, Pennsylvania
These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Pernik, Bulgaria
One of the largest mines in Bulgaria is now home to a vast museum more than 100 feet underground.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.
Tarnicheni, Bulgaria
This rose and lavender oil distillery still operates as it did more than a century ago.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.
Samovodene, Bulgaria
A mysterious tunnel hidden in the shadows of a colorful, historic sanctuary.