Austin, Texas
Museum of the Weird
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
New York, New York
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
New York, New York
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Lima, Peru
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
Lima, Peru
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Nazca, Peru
This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.
Lima, Peru
A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.
Urubamba, Peru
These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.