Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy
Italo Calvino’s Grave
The final resting place of one of Italy’s most influential and imaginative writers.
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Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy
The final resting place of one of Italy’s most influential and imaginative writers.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Holds a ton of antique electronics, clocks, cameras, motorbikes, and bicycles.
Hong Kong
This scenic reservoir is known colloquially as the “mirror of the sky.”
Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s barren, southernmost island is a throwback to the territory’s humble fishing village origins.
Taiwan
Where Taiwan found its oil...
Morlaix, France
An unexpected mix of medieval buildings and modern street art.
Schwerin, Germany
A carved figure embodying the palace’s pint-sized but protective spirit rooted in local folklore.
Glasgow, Scotland
On this spot Lord Kelvin allegedly discovered absolute zero.
Trelleborg, Sweden
A piece of Cold War history most people walk past unknowingly.
Farnborough, England
A beautiful and tranquil place, home to a community of Benedictine monks and the resting place of Emperor Napoleon III, Empress Eugene and Prince Louis.
Hamburg, Germany
Multiple versions of this horned sculpture, tied to local legend, have been stolen over the years.
Brussels, Belgium
This section of the Art and History Museum's collections at the Cinquantenaire explores the symbolism of the heart in Western society.
Rome, Italy
This immaculately preserved church from late antiquity was originally the mausoleum of the Emperor Constantine's daughter.
Cochem, Germany
This 12th-century castle majestically overlooks the city and the beautiful Mosel River valley.
Milarrochy, Scotland
A single oak tree rises out of the waters of Loch Lomond.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Drymen, Scotland
This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.
Luss, Scotland
An 11th-century Viking gravestone in a Victorian parish church graveyard.
Waalwijk, Netherlands
A place where shoes are not displayed as fashion, but dissected as objects of craft, industry and cultural identity.
Hong Kong
Beautiful Romanesque arches in a recently rediscovered century old underground reservoir.
Zhongzheng District, Taiwan
The official flag of the short-lived Republic of Formosa.
Taiwan
The cascade created by Taipei’s rush-hour traffic has become one of the city’s quirkiest photo spots.