Every place worth the detour

111,955 places across 235 countries, from the Colosseum to abandoned Arctic mining towns. Each card carries a photo and a Wikipedia article; click one and the map flies there. Browse by kind or by country, or open the map.

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By kind

Ruins, relics & eerie places Ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites 14,489 places
Churches, temples & shrines Churches, temples, monasteries, mosques and shrines 19,074 places
Castles, monuments & landmarks Castles, forts, palaces, monuments, statues, towers, lighthouses and bridges 31,989 places
Natural wonders & landscapes Parks, mountains, waterfalls, caves, volcanoes and coves 26,140 places
Parks, gardens & cemeteries Botanical gardens, grand parks, arboretums and park-like cemeteries 5,022 places
Museums & galleries Art, history and science museums and galleries 10,315 places
Theme parks, zoos & aquariums Theme parks, zoos, aquariums, ski resorts, distilleries, wineries, casinos and funiculars 4,926 places

By country

199 countries with eight or more places. The rest are on the map.

Without a country

Antarctica has no sovereign state and nobody owns the open ocean, so these 1,560 places are on no country page.

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