[Categories] > Interesting Places

Museums of Interesting Things (June 1, 2004)
Putting the muse back in museum

Paris Catacombs (June 5, 2004)
Man-made calcium deposits

The Capilano Suspension Bridge (June 27, 2004)
Vancouver from another point of view

Temperate Rain Forests (June 29, 2004)
Trees of life

Saturna Island (July 1, 2004)
Less is more (interesting)

Athabasca Sand Dunes (July 3, 2004)
Saskatchewan's shifting sands

The Tactile Dome (July 5, 2004)
Getting the feel of the Exploratorium

Uffington White Horse (July 28, 2004)
Ancient hillside chalk art

The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers (August 2, 2004)
How a Paris abbey became a science museum

One-Log House (August 15, 2004)
Northern California's famous redwood attraction

Neuschwanstein Castle (August 16, 2004)
King Ludwig II's tribute to Wagner

Winchester Mystery House (August 17, 2004)
The building project of a lifetime

Herrenchiemsee Castle (August 18, 2004)
King Ludwig II's island retreat

The Hearst Estate at San Simeon (August 19, 2004)
Xanadu in California

Missile Silo Homes (August 20, 2004)
Hole is where the heart is

Arcosanti (August 21, 2004)
Building a rural city

Tabacón Hot Springs (September 6, 2004)
The relaxing side of the Arenal Volcano

The Globe Theatre (September 19, 2004)
Shakespeare's ideal venue, then and now

Sedona's Energy Vortexes (September 20, 2004)
The world's most popular invisible tourist attraction

The Mega Dog (September 27, 2004)
Cheap eats in Las Vegas

Deyrolle (September 28, 2004)
Taxidermy heaven in Paris

Audium (October 10, 2004)
San Francisco's Theatre of Sound

The Bodleian Library (October 18, 2004)
Oxford's famous book sanctorium

Sarlat La Canéda (November 1, 2004)
Time travel, French style

Bodie, California (November 2, 2004)
The liveliest ghost town in the West

Oradour-sur-Glane (November 3, 2004)
Ghost of a massacred French village

The Musée Mécanique (November 4, 2004)
Good old-fashioned interactive multimedia

Burghausen (November 6, 2004)
The longest castle in Europe

Pilgrimage to Santiago (November 15, 2004)
Spiritual walk across Europe

New Orleans Walking Tours (November 16, 2004)
Ghosts, vampires, and history

Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden (November 28, 2004)
Mining salt in Bavaria

The Wieliczka Salt Mine (December 3, 2004)
Underground city of salt

Pennsylvania Dutch (December 23, 2004)
The Germans of Lancaster County

Ice Hotels (January 3, 2005)
In-refrigerator rooms

The Tunnels of Moose Jaw (January 8, 2005)
Underground legends

Sutro Baths (January 16, 2005)
Diving into the past

Paris Sewers (January 17, 2005)
Exploring the dark underbelly of the City of Light

Palacio Barolo (January 19, 2005)
The divine office building

Introduction to Patagonia (January 23, 2005)
The great southern frontier

Caleta Valdés (January 25, 2005)
Defying continental drift

The Legend of Deolinda Correa (January 26, 2005)
Unofficial saint of the desert

Gaiman (January 27, 2005)
New Wales in Patagonia

New Orleans Cemeteries (February 7, 2005)
Cities of the dead

Café du Monde (February 8, 2005)
The simple pleasures of beignets & café au lait

The Perito Moreno Glacier (February 21, 2005)
Breaking the ice rules

Ushuaia (February 23, 2005)
City at the end of the world

Cueva de las Manos (February 25, 2005)
Ancient spray-painted art in Patagonia

Pat O'Brien's (March 5, 2005)
Home of the Hurricane

Les Baux (March 6, 2005)
Medieval ghost town and mineral namesake

Tufa (March 7, 2005)
The strange rocks with the funny name

Alcatraz (March 9, 2005)
Fact and fiction on The Rock

Petra (March 10, 2005)
The city of stone

Père-Lachaise Cemetery (March 15, 2005)
Final resting place of Paris's rich and famous

The Sinking City of Venice (March 21, 2005)
Atlantis redux

The Pont d'Avignon (May 8, 2005)
Miracle bridge to nowhere

Highgate Cemetery (June 2, 2006)
Toto, I don't think we're in London anymore

Llívia (June 12, 2006)
A little piece of Spain in France

The Nazca Lines (July 5, 2006)
Peru's mysterious geoglyphs

Saint-Pierre & Miquelon (August 7, 2006)
France’s North American territory

Assateague Island (August 16, 2006)
The beach where people go to enjoy…the beach

The Marree Man (August 23, 2006)
Mystery artwork in the desert

Churchill, Manitoba (September 18, 2006)
Polar bear capital of the world

Micronations (September 20, 2006)
Starting your own country

Teatro La Fenice (October 2, 2006)
The phoenix of Venice

Guédelon Castle (October 25, 2006)
History in the making

Vulcan, Alberta (October 30, 2006)
The town that's out of this world

Hay-on-Wye (November 6, 2006)
The Town of Books

Skara Brae (November 20, 2006)
House of sand and rock

Mystery Park (December 1, 2006)
The theme park that aliens built

Pitcairn Island (December 4, 2006)
Haven for homeless mutineers

Portmeirion (December 15, 2006)
The Folly of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis

The Central - Mid-Levels Escalator (February 26, 2007)
Hong Kong's moving landmark

La Chose Intéressante du Jour (July 16, 2007)
Interesting Thing of the Day moves to France

Paris Plages (August 6, 2007)
Bringing the beach to Paris

Palais Idéal (August 15, 2007)
The postman's palace