Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, United States
Collecting three different institutions into one massive museum, the Harvard Museum of Natural History is a collection of collections that provides more wonders per square inch than almost any other...
View ArticlePackard Automotive Plant in Detroit, Michigan
Built between the years 1903 and 1911, Detroit’s Packard Automotive Plant was once considered the most advanced auto production facility of the era.The complex consists of over 3 million square feet of...
View ArticleGoats of the Cingino Dam in Noasca, Italy
On the otherwise unremarkable Cingino Dam in the midst of Italy's Gran Paradiso National Park, visitors can see a number of hopping, moving specks that are actually goats climbing along the impossibly...
View ArticleLion of Lucerne in Lucerne, Switzerland
Created to remember over 700 Swiss soldiers who were massacred during the French Revolution, the Lion of Lucerne was emotionally evocative enough to garner the attention of none other than Mark...
View ArticleNational Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas
Dedicated specifically to remembering the story of the Pacific theater of war during World War II, the National Museum of the Pacific War presents artifacts and displays with the glitz of a Hollywood...
View ArticleThe Womb in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Drenched with vibrant murals of robots and trippy geometric shapes, the Womb stands out from anything else in downtown Oklahoma City.The arts complex — where you can find colorful contemporary art...
View ArticleSarajevo Bobsleigh Track in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Once a proud feature of Sarajevo's 1984 Winter Olympic games, the bobsleigh track has since fallen into ruin after being the victim of military actions. The 1300 meter concrete track was completed in...
View ArticleFort Worth Water Gardens in Fort Worth, Texas
Looking like a small piece of a future city deposited smack in the middle of Texas, the Fort Worth Water Gardens have long been an ultra-modern oasis in the desert city.The public fountain complex,...
View ArticleMt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founded in 1831, Mt. Auburn Cemetery stands in stark contrast to the surrounding Colonial-era graveyards like Granary and Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston. Envisioned as a garden cemetery, tombs,...
View ArticleShaker's Cigar Bar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Shaker's Cigar Bar boasts delicious food, a sordid history and- as all the employees attest to- a ghostly cast of characters that have "haunted" the historic bar and cigar shoppe's grounds since the...
View ArticleScrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy
The Scrovegni Chapel was built to atone for the wages of greed but ended up becoming home to one of the great works of Western art. The chapel was built in 1305 by wealthy Italian banker, Enrico...
View ArticleIdaho City in Idaho City, Idaho
In the 1860's Idaho City was one of the West's largest gold rush mining towns with a staggering population of over 7,000 residents, and while the population has plummeted, the half-ghost-half-real town...
View ArticleGreat Wall of LA in Los Angeles, California
While it is not visible from space, California's Great Wall of Los Angeles is no less a staggering work of community effort and cultural remembrance.The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a half-mile long...
View ArticleThe Blue Lady of Yantic Cemetery in Norwich, Connecticut
Located on Lafayette Street, in Norwich, Connecticut, this cemetery, which permanently houses the remains of former Norwich aristocrats, contains monuments that reach twenty feet or higher.One of the...
View ArticleFinca Vigía in San Francisco de Paula, Cuba
Writer and man's-man Ernest Hemingway moved to Cuba in the 1930's, staying in hotels and tripping across the world, but rather quickly after coming to the island, the author bought Finca Vigía which...
View ArticleKaiser Wilhelm Fountain in Istanbul, Turkey
It's nice when friends stop by and pay a visit. This, in part, was the thinking behind the construction of the commemorative Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain in Istanbul. But the fountain is a symbol of much...
View ArticleLawndale Theater in Chicago, Illionois
During 1928, the Lawndale frequently promoted British silents whose unheralded leading men had names like Percy Marmot. Vaudeville performances were supplemented by boxing on Tuesday and Wednesday...
View ArticleHickory Run Boulder Field in White Haven, Pennsylvania
Most parks boast about their lush greenery, and while Hickory Run State Park has its fair share of flora, its most fascinating feature is a massive field of huge gray stones.The 16-acre expanse in the...
View ArticleTequendama Falls Museum in San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia
From a mansion, to a hotel, to a museum the current Tequendama Falls Museum has never lost its view of the titular gorgeous falls. Built in 1923 to serve as a successful architect's lush mountain...
View ArticlePhantasma Gloria in Los Angeles, United States
In front of a Echo Park home known as Randyland, a rainbow of colors is refracted through the bottles and glass items hanging in the sculpture web of Phantasma Gloria. Phantasma Gloria is a glittering...
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