Sacramento, California
Patty Reed's Doll
A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Sacramento, California
A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.
Sacramento, California
The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.
Sacramento, California
Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.
Sacramento, California
An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Bisbee, Arizona
A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.
Hong Kong
This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.
Iceland
The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.
Borre, Denmark
A natural wonder in south Denmark.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Cologne, Germany
The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Villa Caldari, Italy
An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.
Jelling, Denmark
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
Noboribetsu-shi, Japan
A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.
Seneca Falls, New York
What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Brownhills, England
A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.
Los Angeles, California
A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.