San Simeon, California
Hearst Castle
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Places I've been
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San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.
Fatehpur Sikri, India
An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Brooklyn, New York
A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Jodhpur, India
Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.
Brooklyn, New York
One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.
Ecuador
A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Chamonix, France
An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.
Cape Coast, Ghana
Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."
Vézelay, France
This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.