Pepeekeo, Hawaii
'Akaka Falls
These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Traitors' Gate
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
Paris, France
Napoleon's Angels
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Frostburg, Maryland
The Jail in the Gunter Hotel
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Corbett, Oregon
Vista House at Crown Point
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Chicago, Illinois
Lower Lower Wacker Drive
Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.
Budapest, Hungary
Michael Jackson Memorial Tree
A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.
Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Broken Relationships
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Vienna, Austria
Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Postojna, Slovenia
Olm
The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Cyanometer
Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.
Postojna, Slovenia
Postojna Caves
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Bled, Slovenia
Bled Island and Castle
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Predjama, Slovenia
Predjama Castle
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dragon Bridge
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Monaco
Oceanographic Museum
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Pompeii, Italy
Thermopolia of Pompeii
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
Plaster Citizens of Pompeii
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Naples, Italy
Funicolare Centrale
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Barcelona, Spain
El Caganer
A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.
Barcelona, Spain
Mirador de Colom (Columbus Monument)
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Budapest, Hungary
Panoptikum Budapest
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Fireworks Safety Zone on the National Mall
On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.
