Escalante, Utah
Hell's Backbone Scenic Road
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
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Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.
Cinto Euganeo, Italy
A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.
Wattens, Austria
Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.
Madrid, Spain
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
Nuremberg, Germany
This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Aigues-Mortes, France
This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Tinajo, Spain
Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Istanbul, Turkey
No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.
Exmouth, England
Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.
Madrid, Spain
Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Tremosine, Italy
This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.