Ibsheway, Egypt
Wadi al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales)
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ibsheway, Egypt
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Cairo, Egypt
In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.
French Guiana
An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.
Île-d'Aix, France
Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.
Bologna, Italy
A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Siena, Italy
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Bologna, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Ulan-Ude, Russia
This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.
Providence, Rhode Island
Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.
Providence, Rhode Island
Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Westford, Massachusetts
A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Belize
A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
Saint George's, Grenada
A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.
Olenivka, Ukraine
Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.