Chile
Hand of the Desert
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Chile
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Deshnok, India
Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Şuşa, Azerbaijan
A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
Bangkok, Thailand
A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.
Los Angeles, California
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Rikaze Diqu, Tibet
The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Fujinomiya, Japan
Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Oregon City, Oregon
This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.
Cave Junction, Oregon
Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.
Wicklow, Ireland
An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.
Canterbury, New Hampshire
Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Hullo, Estonia
Hundreds of unusual wheel crosses poke above the earth in this small Estonian cemetery.
Põlva Parish, Estonia
Hundreds of small crosses have been carved into the bark of the trees outside this small Estonian village.
Madise, Estonia
Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.