Rome, Italy
The Mouth of Truth
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Cherrapunjee, India
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
New York, New York
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
New York, New York
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
Melbourne, Australia
An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.
New York, New York
Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
Rome, Italy
A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.
Milan, Italy
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
New York, New York
The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Kaukapakapa, New Zealand
One of the world's largest Tesla coils.
Makarau, New Zealand
A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.
Giethoorn, Netherlands
This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Hòa Vang, Vietnam
This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam
World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Sala, Sweden
One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.