Kunming, China
Tomb of Nie Er
The memorial gravesite of the young composer of China's national anthem.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Kunming, China
The memorial gravesite of the young composer of China's national anthem.
Manteo, North Carolina
So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.
Coventry, England
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
Tortosa, Spain
A botanical garden full of thought-provoking contemporary sculptures.
Tomar, Portugal
The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.
Metepec, Mexico
This sculpture garden is a serene oasis wedged in the middle of a busy highway.
London, England
A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.
Los Angeles, California
Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.
La Palma, Spain
A pre-Hispanic pyramid in the middle of a tourist district in the Canary Islands.
Queens, New York
A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.
Canora, Saskatchewan
The giantess welcomes travelers to a small Saskatchewan town with a traditional Slavic greeting of bread and salt.
Portland, Oregon
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
North Ogden, Utah
Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Culver City, California
A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.
Anamosa, Iowa
Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.
Montmartre, Saskatchewan
The "Paris of the Prairies" wouldn't be complete without a replica of the iconic landmark.
Dolgarrog, Wales
The worst flood disaster in Welsh history might have been a lot worse if it had not happened on movie night.
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand's only running funicular railway.
Xanten, Germany
These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.
Dunbar, Scotland
The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.
Rome, Italy
Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.