Lafayette, Louisiana
LARC's Acadian Village
A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Lafayette, Louisiana
A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.
Magnolia, Mississippi
A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Boston, Massachusetts
This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.
Stirling, Scotland
Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.
Eoropaidh, Scotland
A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.
Garenin, Scotland
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Brighton, England
Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
London, England
This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.
New York, New York
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
New York, New York
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
New York, New York
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Aguas Calientes, Peru
It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.