Iceland
Svartifoss
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Paris, France
Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."
Paris, France
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
Paris, France
A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Paris, France
The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.
Paris, France
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Paris, France
This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Paris, France
With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
New York, New York
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A tiny monument to the classic American candy.
Crestone, Colorado
Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.
Seattle, Washington
This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Seattle, Washington
What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!