Madrid, Spain
Juan de la Cosa Map
The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Madrid, Spain
The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.
La Isabela, Dominican Republic
Columbus' failed colony in the New World.
LauĂźig, Germany
This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
St. Charles, Illinois
A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.
La Pera, Spain
Of course Salvador DalĂ lived in a castle...
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The place where World War I began.
Nauru
"The country that ate itself."
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Crater Lake, Oregon
A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Coulee City, Washington
Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Stromboli, Italy
A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.
Naica, Mexico
A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
Taipei, Taiwan
Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.
Friday Harbor, Washington
Orcas on display and in the water.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Manaus, Brazil
A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Seaview, England
This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.