Pitumarca, Peru
Rainbow Mountain
A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Pitumarca, Peru
A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
East Warburton, Australia
Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.
Krásno, Czechia
A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Kediri, Indonesia
Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Guatape, Colombia
The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.
Abang, Indonesia
Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Marawi, Sudan
Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Changsha, China
The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Patan, India
This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.
Bahamas
They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Namibia
Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.
Franeker, Netherlands
Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.