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.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Verona, Italy
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
Zadar, Croatia
A musical instrument played by the sea.
Palomar Mountain, California
A world-class observatory in the California desert.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Toronto, Ontario
A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Diego, California
San Diego's most historic and haunted home.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.