Berlin, Germany
Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Berlin, Germany
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Great Missenden, England
This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).
Mexico City, Mexico
The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.
Montgomery, Alabama
The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Tepoztlán, Mexico
High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
Sintra, Portugal
An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.
Dublin, Ireland
The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.
Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Dublin, Ireland
The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.
Manchester, England
Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.
Alexandria, Egypt
An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.