Vatican City
Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Tokyo, Japan
A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.
Prague, Czechia
One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Oslo, Norway
The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.
Moscow, Russia
Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.
Haifa, Israel
This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.
Hakone, Japan
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Hiroshima, Japan
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Bern, Switzerland
The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
Home of the "true" equator.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
Los Angeles, California
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.