Puebla, Mexico
La Pasita
This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Puebla, Mexico
This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.
Omsk, Russia
A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.
Madrid, Spain
The unfinished final resting place of some of Spain's most prominent politicians.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.
Tandil, Argentina
A replica of a beloved, delicately-balanced granite boulder.
Sydney, Australia
The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Warrenton, Virginia
This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.
Uden, Netherlands
Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.
Weston, Massachusetts
This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.
Huallin, Peru
The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.
Muchu, Nepal
This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Bangkok, Thailand
The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.
Bahamas
Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.
Carthage, Tunisia
An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Joplin, Missouri
A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.