Glendalough, Ireland
Writers' Room at The Wicklow Heather
A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.
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Glendalough, Ireland
A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.
Woods Landing-Jelm, Wyoming
Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.
Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Älvdalen S, Sweden
The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.
Washington, D.C.
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
Alnwick, England
This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.
Halle (Saale), Germany
The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.
Williams, Arizona
This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.
Stockholm, Sweden
This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.
Whigham, Georgia
This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.
Zittau, Germany
This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.
Caerphilly, Wales
The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.
Hemet, California
This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Kealakekua, Hawaii
A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
Iceland
Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.
Rome, Italy
This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.
Zanesville, Ohio
One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.