Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain
Solar Power Tower
Spain's stunning solar energy plant.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain
Spain's stunning solar energy plant.
Peraleda de la Mata, Spain
This 7,000-year-old megalithic wonder covered by a Franco-era reservoir emerges in times of drought.
Hendaye, France
The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.
Les Trois-Moutiers, France
A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.
Souzay-Champigny, France
Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.
Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies, France
Beautiful carved tunnels.
Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, France
This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.
Jumièges, France
Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.
Charleroi, Belgium
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Plombières, Belgium
Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Bassenge, Belgium
A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.
Georgia
Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.
Georgia
Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.
Georgia
A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Mestia, Georgia
Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.
Gagra, Georgia
The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.
Gagra, Georgia
Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.
Akhali Atoni, Georgia
The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.
Sukhumi, Georgia
Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.
Chiatura, Georgia
These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city
Katskhi, Georgia
Small church on top of a huge rock column.