Australia
Lake Hillier
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Australia
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Piton Sainte-Rose, Réunion
At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.
New York, New York
Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Oudewater, Netherlands
The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.
Malinalco, Mexico
The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.
Wiesenthau, Germany
An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.
Lima, Peru
Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.
Lima, Peru
A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.
Lima, Peru
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Lima, Peru
Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.
Lima, Peru
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Aarhus, Denmark
Denmark’s never-ending bridge.
Montreal, Québec
One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.
Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Cusco, Peru
A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Huelva, Spain
This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.
Mexico City, Mexico
These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.
Mexico City, Mexico
This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.
Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories
These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.