Greece
Sami
A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Greece
A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Vienna, Austria
The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.
Vienna, Austria
A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Priozerskiy rayon, Russia
A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.
West Sumatra, Indonesia
This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.
Ardino, Bulgaria
An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.
Saty, Kazakhstan
Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.
Enbekshikazakh District, Kazakhstan
The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.
Inari, Finland
This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Kananaskis, Alberta
What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.
Kunoy, Faroe Islands
The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
Gasadalur Village, Faroe Islands
This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .
Faroe Islands
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
Hammond Island, Australia
On Keriri/Hammond Island, a marker shares the story of an imprisoned woman and the island she saved and that eventually saved her—in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.
Stanmore, Australia
This odd 1930s shop remains stranded in time and shrouded in mystery.
Davenport, Australia
The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.
Landsborough, Australia
This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Mount Gambier, Australia
An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.