Australia
Lake Hillier
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Australia
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Aigues-Mortes, France
This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
Monduli, Tanzania
A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Wendover, Utah
A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.
Hildesheim, Germany
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.
Ano Vouves, Greece
The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.
Grant, Oregon
This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Los Angeles, California
The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Oslo, Norway
Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.
Austin, Minnesota
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Wellington Mill, Australia
Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.
Burlingame, California
A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.
Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
San Francisco, California
A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.