Washington, D.C.
Riggs Library
A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Rosamond, California
Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
San Francisco, California
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Berkeley, California
Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.
San Francisco, California
Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.
New York, New York
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
New York, New York
For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
New York, New York
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.