Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
Spitzhäuschen
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Dooey, Ireland
A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Melrose, Scotland
This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.
Hobro, Denmark
A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Modena, Italy
David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
Želízy, Czechia
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.
Ardino, Bulgaria
An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.
Chicago, Illinois
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Paris, France
This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
Húsafell, Iceland
Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Ithaca, New York
The library of every book lover's dreams.
Cave Junction, Oregon
This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.
Barcelona, Spain
A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.