Fort Washington, Maryland
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Cornville, Arizona
Outsider Art Community.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Alghero, Italy
Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.
Dzitnup, Mexico
These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
Cherrapunjee, India
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Crestline, California
Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.
Naica, Mexico
A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
Los Angeles, California
World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
Greece
A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Sligo, Ireland
A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.