Vatican City
Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Waterloo, England
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Macclesfield, England
One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Jasper, Alberta
This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.
Edmonton, Alberta
This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Llívia, Spain
This 15th century pharmacy displays a beautiful collection of ancient medicine jars.
Grimaldi, Italy
A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Venice, Italy
A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.
Thorpeness, England
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.
London, England
Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
London, England
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Biggleswade, England
A rare example of the RAF’s flying spy taxi.