Zhangjiajie, China
Tianmen Skywalk
For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Zhangjiajie, China
For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.
Enshi, China
This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.
Joshua Tree, California
While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Heidelberg, Germany
A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
Bologna, Italy
An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Yonkers, New York
America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.
San Marino, California
Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.
Goodyear, Arizona
This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Kampot Province, Cambodia
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec
An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.
Toluca, Mexico
Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Nueva Gerona, Cuba
A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.
Rishikesh, India
The abandoned site of the Beatles spiritual awakening and subsequent revolt.
Consonno, Italy
This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.