Llanelli, Wales
The Great Welsh Amelia Earhart Controversy
Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Crymych, Wales
Pentre Ifan
The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.
Palo Alto, California
Gates of Hell Sculpture
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Palo Alto, California
Birthplace of Silicon Valley
A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Sydney, Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Vancouver, British Columbia
The Marine Building
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Evoluon
A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.
Portsmouth, England
Mary Rose
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
London, England
Ruins of the Crystal Palace
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
Dorking, England
Leith Hill Tower
Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."
Lambholm, Scotland
The Italian Chapel
This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.
Sandwick, Scotland
Skara Brae
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Paris, France
Musée National de la Marine
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
Bratton, England
Westbury White Horse
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Avebury, England
Avebury
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Marlborough, England
Silbury Hill
Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?
London, England
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
Abstract dinosaur models in London.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
Montreal, Québec
Biosphere of Montreal
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Montreal, Québec
Redpath Museum
One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.
Stowe, Vermont
Emily’s Bridge
This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.
New York, New York
'The Sphere'
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
