Genoa, Italy
Roman Polanski's Neptune
Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
Places I've been
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Genoa, Italy
Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Glasgow, Scotland
A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.
Recife, Brazil
The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Vienna, Austria
A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Palenque, Mexico
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.