Yemen
Socotra Island
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Tambon Chiang Haeo, Thailand
Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.