Vieques, Puerto Rico
Mosquito Bay
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.
Auckland, New Zealand
One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s.
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.
Auckland, New Zealand
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
Rome, Italy
A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Hawaii
This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.
Montreal, Québec
A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.
Cape Town, South Africa
Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.
Hong Kong
The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.
Hong Kong
Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.
Christchurch, New Zealand
A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.
Sydney, Australia
The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Paris, France
This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Drumheller, Alberta
As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.