Washington, D.C.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Savannah, Georgia
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Broad Run, Virginia
This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
La Crosse, Kansas
A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
Whittier, Alaska
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Negril, Jamaica
You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Savannah, Georgia
Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Dover, Delaware
Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Cartersville, Georgia
These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.