Orchard Park, New York
Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Hawkinsville, Georgia
Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Fiddletown, California
An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.
Min Kun, Myanmar
Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.
Nantes, France
Sleep in the hay, spin the wheel and eat grain pellets to your heart's delight.
Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Merida, Venezuela
Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
Paris, France
Got apples?
Gheti, India
A mecca for India's Jains.
Casma District, Peru
A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.
Paga, Ghana
The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.
Old Ziro, India
Hidden in the rain-forests of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India lies the village of Ziro, home to the Apatanis.
Sebastopol, California
Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."
Cameron, Montana
A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.
Tokyo, Japan
Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.
Bass, Australia
"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Pucallpa, Peru
Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.