Beverly Hills, California
Sheats-Goldstein House
An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Beverly Hills, California
An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Lanzo D'intelvi, Italy
The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.
San Francisco, California
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
Kawazu, Japan
Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.
Austin, Texas
A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."
Avella, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.
Naples, Florida
A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Segovia, Spain
One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'
San Diego County, California
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Walker County, Georgia
The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.
Sant Just Desvern, Spain
An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.
Red Hook, New York
For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.
Fortingall, Scotland
Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.
Travelers Rest, South Carolina
The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.