Wallachia, Romania
Poenari Castle
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
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Wallachia, Romania
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Bucharest, Romania
The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Baltimore, Maryland
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
New York, New York
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
Argentina
Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
West Rand, South Africa
Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.
Mossel Bay, South Africa
South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.
Cochrane, Wisconsin
Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.
Cartagena, Spain
An impressive display of ships and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean maritime trade.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
Abstract dinosaur models in London.
Glenelg North, Australia
The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.
East Haddam, Connecticut
One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Chester, New Jersey
A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.
Lübeck, Germany
The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Berlin, Germany
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
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.