Malé, Maldives
Thilafushi: the "Rubbish Island"
The exorbitant price of paradise.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Malé, Maldives
The exorbitant price of paradise.
Atlanta, Georgia
Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.
Heidelberg, Germany
A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.
Ruteng, Indonesia
The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.
Robe, Australia
A simple tribute to the migrant workers who landed here before walking hundreds of miles to Victoria's gold mines.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.
Richmond, California
An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.
Twentynine Palms, California
In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.
St. Augustine, Florida
Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Duiwelskloof, South Africa
A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Bay Village, Ohio
The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Mexico City, Mexico
A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.
New London, Connecticut
New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.
Guangzhou, China
Three floors above a 2,000-year-old royal tomb is a rare collection of ancient porcelain pillows.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.
Staten Island, New York
Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Sasso di Castalda, Italy
Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.
Pozzuoli, Italy
Italy's "New Mountain" rose from the ground in a volcanic eruption in 1538.