Santa Monica, California
Route 66 End of the Trail Sign
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Santa Monica, California
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Rockall, Scotland
British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.
Cardigan, Prince Edward Island
While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.
Havre-Aubert, Québec
A tiny, picturesque island, where cows and wild horses wander around the houses.
Toronto, Ontario
Secret Swing.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.
Honolulu, Hawaii
An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.
Chaves, Brazil
Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.
Waterbury, Vermont
The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.
Underhill, Vermont
This path is named for a mythical half-boar, half-deer creature that once roamed the Green Mountains.
Nunavut
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Nunavut
The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Arkadiko, Greece
Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.
Highland, Scotland
This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.
Santana, Portugal
These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.
Atlantic Ocean
Fascination continues to surround one of history's most infamous shipwrecks.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
Point Roberts, Washington
An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.