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Towers of San Gimignano
Towers of San GimignanoThese medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan townIn the age of the Renaissance, Tuscany was the center of the Western World. Its towns and cities grew...
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Elliq-Qala
Elliq-Qala"50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of KhwarezmNot far from Khiva, Uzbekistan, the desert oasis of Khwarezm offers a literal treasure trove of archeological and...
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La Ruta de las Caras: The Route of Faces
La Ruta de las Caras: The Route of FacesNumerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and natureIntricate faces sculpted into the natural facade of the...
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The Kingdom of Boomeria
The Kingdom of BoomeriaA science teacher's kingdom, complete with castle, enormous pipe organ, and area for epic water battlesPreston Boomer is the science teacher you always wished you had. Mr....
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Las Torcas de Palancares
Las Torcas de PalancaresWalls of stone rise up from sinkholes caused by underwater erosionTwenty kilometers from Cuenca and near the town of Mohorte, you'll find one of the most impressive landscapes...
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The Tree of Knowledge
The Tree of KnowledgeA shrine on the shores of the TigrisIn the small southern Iraqi city of Qurna, an unusual shrine stands on the shore of the Tigris: a small, dead tree, protected by low brick walls...
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Propeller Island City Lodge
Propeller Island City LodgeCome stay at a live-in art installationBerlin is a city known for the pervasiveness of art and for its tendency toward outlandish character. Propeller Island City Lodge does...
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Rio Tinto (Red River)
Rio Tinto (Red River)Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of miningOriginating in the Sierra de Huelva mountains of Andalusia, in the...
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Big Rock Erratic
Big Rock ErraticThis massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erraticAn erratic is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Large, hulking chunks of rock,...
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Montserrat's City of Ash
Montserrat's City of Ash A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 yearsAs vacationers flew to the Caribbean on a Boeing 737 in 2010 they heard the...
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Asahi Plaza Capsule Hotel
Asahi Plaza Capsule HotelThe first, the original...hotel room in a podJapan has a multitude of interesting and innovative ideas to its credit. Many have been adapted by other cultures. Some remain...
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High Bridge
High BridgeThe oldest surviving bridge in New York City, abandoned since 1970High Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans the Harlem River, connecting New York City’s Manhattan and The Bronx. The...
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Shatrunjaya Hill
Shatrunjaya Hill A mecca for India's Jains. As typified by Muslims' pilgrimages to Mecca or Jews' to Jerusalem, most religions have epic places to where devotees can travel to better secure their...
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The Stonework of Machu Picchu
The Stonework of Machu PicchuThe intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineersCusco, at 11,000 feet the mountain weather is kaleidoscopic, and the Inca tradition is...
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Dasparkhotel
DasparkhotelThis unique Austrian ecohotel gives travelers the opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipeFor most travelers, staying overnight in a sewer pipe sounds like just...
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International Chess Park
International Chess ParkThis well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.Public chess parks are fascinating places, filled with people looking for a...
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The Great Guatemalan Sinkhole
The Great Guatemalan SinkholeAn enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala CityGuatemala City has had experience with sinkholes before: In 2007, three people and a dozen homes here...
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Musée de l'Absinthe
Musée de l'Absinthe One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fee Verte." Often called the "green fairy" and sometimes purported to cause wild hallucinations and insanity, absinthe is a substance...
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Route 66: End of the Trail
Route 66: End of the TrailA sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the end of the legendary American highway, symbolizing that this road only ends because it has toPossibly the most popular...
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Alice In Wonderland Restaurant
Alice In Wonderland RestaurantFine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis CarrollThis place is much more than a restaurant. It's a labyrinth of story book pages, followed by a stack of books that make...
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