New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Längenfeld, Austria
Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.
New York, New York
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.
Noli, Italy
The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.
Reykholt, Iceland
Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.
Kuala Klawang, Malaysia
The remains of this RAF plane and its crew were lost for decades, nearly engulfed by the Malaysian jungle.
Temerloh, Malaysia
This vanilla farm serves its crops at an on-site café.
Tucson, Arizona
From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.
Tucson, Arizona
This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.
Palm Springs, California
Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.
New York, New York
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
Rangeley, Maine
Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.
Hveragerði, Iceland
The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.
Rookhope, England
Only the headframes remain from this mining operation, once one of the largest in the region.
Linköping, Sweden
For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.
Linköping, Sweden
From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.
Helmond, Netherlands
An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.
Qatar
Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.
Wallace, Idaho
This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.
McCall, Idaho
The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.
County Donegal, Ireland
The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Sudbury, Ontario
A neutrino detector built into the largest man-made underground cavity in the world.