Chiusdino, Italy
The Sword in the Stone at Montesiepi Chapel
This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Chiusdino, Italy
This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.
Evansville, Indiana
Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.
Madison, Wisconsin
The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Chicago, Illinois
This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
United States / Canada
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Werfen, Austria
The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
San Francisco, California
Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.
Antonito, Colorado
The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Willow Springs, Illinois
The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.
Višňové, Slovakia
The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan
Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
Rochester, New York
Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.
Andermatt, Switzerland
A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Italy
This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.