Malmö, Sweden
Turning Torso
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
Solomon Islands
The ship that got left behind.
Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain
Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Ottawa, Ontario
This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.
Lynn, Massachusetts
A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.
L'Alt Empordà, Spain
At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
Surigao City, Philippines
A unique beach made of a myriad of multi-sized pebbles.
Alland, Austria
Site of the 1889 murder-suicide of crown prince Rudolf and his lover Mary Vetsera.
Kortezubi, Spain
A living art gallery painted on a canvas of Monterey pine trees.
Cliveden Estate, England
Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Washington, D.C.
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
Palo Alto, California
A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.
Fraser Island, Australia
The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.
Waimangu, New Zealand
Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Kimberley, South Africa
Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Mexico City, Mexico
Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.