Washington, D.C.
Carter G. Woodson Home
The former home of the "Father of Black History"
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
The former home of the "Father of Black History"
Washington, D.C.
This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.
Washington, D.C.
This house was once the location of Frelinghuysen University.
Washington, D.C.
The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.
Washington, D.C.
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.
Wye Mills, Maryland
The last remains of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in the United States calls this state park home.
Frostburg, Maryland
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Queens Domain, Australia
The abandoned remains of a once popular zoo, and the grave of the last known Tasmanian Tiger.
Hobart, Australia
This urban stream flowing underneath Tasmania's capital city is also an unofficial gallery for street artists.
Hobart, Australia
Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.
Hobart, Australia
Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.
Hobart, Australia
This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.
Hobart, Australia
The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
Battery Point, Australia
Located alongside the famous Salamanca Market and in sight of Parliament House, this large and elaborate monument is hard to miss, split into two sections and standing some 14 meters tall.
South Hobart, Australia
The forgotten and tragic story of the thousands of female convicts forcibly transported to Tasmania is told inside the ruins of this notorious 19th-century workhouse.
Freycinet, Australia
One of the best beaches in the entire world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Leonardtown, Maryland
The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.
Tokyo, Japan
An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.
Tokyo, Japan
A miniature shrine in the busy corner of Tokyo's historic Broadway, honoring a sextet of unusual entertainment gods.
Tokyo, Japan
This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.