New Orleans, Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Sewanee, Tennessee
Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.
Lumberton, Mississippi
This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Hazard, Kentucky
An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.
Wasserauen, Switzerland
This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Hyderabad, India
Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.
Yallabatharra, Australia
A micronation of epic proportions.
Rough and Ready, California
The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.
Iceland
This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.
Glasgow, Scotland
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Moundville, Alabama
A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.
Henderson, Nevada
Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Garfield County, Utah
Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.
San Francisco, California
Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.
San Francisco, California
A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.
San Francisco, California
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.