Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Ai Pioppi Playground
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Baia, Italy
A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
Kerry, Ireland
This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.
Galway, Ireland
A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.
Roscommon, Ireland
An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.
Wexford, Ireland
After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.
Dublin, Ireland
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.
Wicklow, Ireland
An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.
Reykjavik, Iceland
A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.
Seydisfjordur, Iceland
An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.
Iceland
Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.
Iceland
This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.
Iceland
A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.
Stykkishólmur, Iceland
This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.
Heimaey, Iceland
Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.
Iceland
Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.
Iceland
These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.
Iceland
A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.