New Delhi, India
Bahá'í Lotus Temple
A blooming house of worship for the masses.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New Delhi, India
A blooming house of worship for the masses.
Stockholm, Sweden
The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.
Bogotá, Colombia
Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.
New York, New York
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
Svalbard, Norway
This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Innsbruck, Austria
Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.
Longyearbyen, Norway
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
Cartagena, Colombia
The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
Trondheim, Norway
The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.
Longyearbyen, Norway
In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.
Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala
Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.
Guatemala
Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
South Island, New Zealand
The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.
Sydney, Australia
Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.
Cartagena, Colombia
A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.
Tromsø, Norway
This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.