Gainesville, Florida
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
The last place in Florida where wild bison roam
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Gainesville, Florida
The last place in Florida where wild bison roam
Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
A short walk up a small hill provides spectacular sunset and nighttime views of Kowloon
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The first federal construction project authorized under the Constitution
Eger, Hungary
A stubborn Ottoman tower with a punishing climb and a view over Eger
Bedford, England
These controversial statues are adorned with patterns of bricks and lace, linking them to Bedford's historical ties to both industries
West Wendover, Nevada
A large wave-cut arch in limestone, carved by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, is perched atop a ridge.
Skopje, North Macedonia
A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.
Mesquite, Nevada
The junction point of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, resurveyed and remonumented in 2016
Minnesota
It's located in Lake of the Woods in Minnesota. Boat travel is the only way to get there.
Pavoacao Velha, Cabo Verde
Santa Monica is one of the world's longest, most beautiful, and least developed beaches: just white sand for miles, a single beach shack, and the concrete shell of an abandoned resort that never got past its foundations.
Davis, West Virginia
A windswept sandstone overlook offers sweeping views across an ancient plateau.
Big Bear Lake, California
A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A unique interactive bronze sculpture that captures a real-life viral rescue.
Saugerties, New York
An historic lighthouse accessible via a half-mile walk through a nature preserve and freshwater tidal wetlands.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Once a WWII supply tramway, it's now a popular & steep hiking trail.
Grant Township, Illinois
Volo Bog is the only open-water quaking bog in Illinois, and also the southernmost open-water quaking bog in North America to exhibit all stages of bog succession.
Hong Kong
This grand old Chinese medical facility has been restored and reopened to serve its original purpose.
Christmas Valley, Oregon
An isolated, relict ponderosa pine forest in central Oregon that survives on half the usual rainfall due to a geologic quirk
Madrid, Spain
The ruins of the Sacred Heart Memorial, which was first “shot” by a weird firing squad and then dynamited during the Spanish Civil War
Delphi, Indiana
A 1850s pioneer village and interactive museum detail the history of the Wabash Canal in Indiana.
Madison, Wisconsin
This synagogue in Madison, Wisconsin, is a historic architectural gem and one of the oldest surviving synagogue buildings in the United States.
Paris, France
A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
A beautiful and original museum dedicated to art of the 1930s in France and beyond.
Rio Blanco County, Colorado
Plaque commemorating the location of a underground nuclear bomb test in the 1970s.