Mantua, Italy
Isola dei Fiori di Loto (Lotus Island)
In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Mantua, Italy
In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.
Tallinn, Estonia
An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."
Joshua Tree, California
An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
Powell, Tennessee
A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.
Bon Aqua, Tennessee
A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.
Deans, Scotland
A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.
Sóller, Spain
This historical manor is complete with a magnificent garden.
Mandeville, Louisiana
This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.
Trieste, Italy
During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Craighat, Scotland
A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.
Bixter, Scotland
Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
Sperlonga, Italy
The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.
Mesa, Arizona
Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.
Dalmally, Scotland
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Foresta, Italy
A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.
Lisbon, Portugal
This museum contains a vast array of puppets and marionettes from all over the world, featuring incredible works by Portuguese creators.
Achnashellach, Scotland
This tiny getaway tucked away in an uninhabited Scottish valley isn't your ordinary teahouse.
Matera, Italy
A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.
Ardtalnaig, Scotland
Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.