Gildeskål, Norway
Uredd Rest Area (Ureddplassen)
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Bouée, France
This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.
Odawara, Japan
Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.
Zacatecas, Mexico
Fragments of the former temple's lost facade are now displayed in a strange library of stones.
Nagasaki, Japan
A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.
Talisay City, Philippines
A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.
Daraga, Philippines
This belfry is all that remains of the town that was buried by a violent volcano eruption.
Los Angeles, California
The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Ellicott City, Maryland
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Cheltenham, England
Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.
Campamento Geotermico Corfo, Chile
The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.
New Delhi, India
A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.
Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Prášily, Czechia
A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.
Bakhchisaray, Ukraine
One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.
Morrison, Colorado
In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.
Kawazu, Japan
An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.
Mbala, Zambia
This little-known colonial road helped determine the Zambia-Tanzania border.
Saint Davids, Wales
The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.
Christchurch, New Zealand
The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.
Glynn, Northern Ireland
Local legend says there's treasure hidden within its crowded graveyard.
Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, France
This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.