Iceland
Godafoss
This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Iceland
This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Varese, Italy
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
Lakki, Greece
This Greek cinema was architecturally inspired by Mussolini's vision of a fascist Mediterranean utopia.
Timișoara, Romania
A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia
Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.
Zakinthos, Greece
Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.
Budapest, Hungary
A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.
Maribor, Slovenia
The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Naica, Mexico
A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
Cardross, Scotland
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Roudbar Alamout, Iran
This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.