Paris, France
Le Défenseur du Temps (The Defender of Time)
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Rajsamand, India
The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
Nariño, Colombia
A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Suzhou, China
9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.
Tarragona, Spain
Stunning Roman aqueduct used for 1900 years and still standing.
Philippines
An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.
Australia
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Yonaguni, Japan
The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?
Rufisque, Senegal
This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.
Singapore
The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Saturnia, Italy
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Takaka, New Zealand
Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.
Morocco
Sleepy fishing port not included on many maps.
Palos de la Frontera, Spain
Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Derawar, Pakistan
Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.
Rangalifinolhu, Maldives
An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.