St. Louis, Missouri
Whispering Arch at Union Station
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
St. Louis, Missouri
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Florence, Italy
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
Florence, Italy
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.
Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
Rome, Italy
One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.
Rome, Italy
An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.
Rome, Italy
This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Rome, Italy
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
Rome, Italy
This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.
Rome, Italy
Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.
Rome, Italy
A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Honolulu, Hawaii
An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.
Honolulu, Hawaii
On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hiding in plane sight.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.
Aiea, Hawaii
A unique collection of Western and Japanese-style graves.