Jungle Prada Site in St. Petersburg, Florida
Panfilo de Narvaez Set Sail from Cuba on March 4th, 1528, with five ships, 400 men, 12 women, 80 horses, and a pack of greyhounds to explore the new world, but thanks to his greed he would never make...
View ArticleHoney Bee Hive House in Jerusalem, Israel
Resembling the beehive which inspired its more common nickname, the Ramot Polin housing project in Jerusalem was designed by Polish born architect Zvi Hecker.Construction lasted more than a decade...
View ArticleThe Ruins in Talisay in Talisay City, Philippines
The intention was to burn it to the ground. The ten bedroom Italianate mansion was originally built in the early 20th century by sugar baron Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson in memory of his wife, who had...
View ArticleAmes Brothers Pyramid in Buford, Wyoming
Built in an attempt to gloss over some shady dealings, the Ames Brothers Pyramid was once the highest point along the Transcontinental Railroad, but has been all but forgotten along with the Ames...
View ArticleSafetyville, USA in Sacramento, California
Unsurprisingly, safety comes first in Safetyville, USA's miniature replica of Sacramento, California where kids finally have a town scaled to them.Located in the suburb of Rancho Cordova, Safetyville...
View ArticleDublin's Garden of Remembrance in Dublin , Ireland
The Garden of Remembrance is a large sunken garden designed by Dáithí Hanly and it features a pool in the shape of a non-denominational cross designed to be inclusive of all religions, creeds or...
View ArticleIngapirca in Ingapirca, Ecuador
Despite being one of the most prominent pre-industrial civilizations, the Incan's seemed to have a surprisingly advanced grasp of engineering, a great deal of which can be seen in Ecuador's Ingapirca...
View ArticleMedieval Erotic Carvings at the Church of St Mary and St David in...
The modest architecture of the Church of St. Mary and St. David in Herefordshire, England hides some extraordinary carvings: twisting snakes and mysterious beasts, rams and lions, hours and hares, and...
View ArticleThe Ancient Brothels of Pompeii in Pompeii, Italy
With walls still adorned with images of the erotic arts, the ancient lupanar, or brothel, of the miraculously preserved Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed in and preserved by the ash of a volcanic...
View ArticleAreni-1 Cave Complex in Vayots Dzor, Armenia
Above the Armenian town of Areni in the Vayots Dzor province, the Areni-1 Cave Complex has proven to be a treasure trove of Copper Age artifacts including the oldest shoe in the world!First...
View ArticleHuis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki, Japan
In the 1600's, while almost all of Japan was closed to outsiders, only the port at Nagasaki would even entertain foreign relations, and it was here that the Dutch ship "De Liefde" (The Love) began the...
View ArticleWalt Disney's Carolwood Barn in Los Angeles, California
Originally built in 1950 behind Walt Disney's home on Carolwood Drive, the appropriately named Carolwood Barn was the icon's personal relaxation station where he could kick back and imagineer. Though...
View ArticleFairbanks Antler Arch in Fairbanks, Alaska
Built in 2010, the self-proclaimed, "World's Farthest North Antler Arch," in Fairbanks, Alaska represents the rich cultural significance and history of game hunting in the area, as well as looking like...
View ArticleThe Alibi Clock in Vallejo, California
After two political rabble rousers were wrongly accused of setting off a bomb during a parade it took a picture with the small clock tower now known as the Alibi Clock to get one of them off the...
View ArticleThe Silfra Rift in Þingvellir National Park, Iceland
Officially known as the Silfra Tectonic Fissure, this freshwater rift between continents is not only geologically intriguing, it also happens to stunningly beautiful. The rift sits in the gap between...
View ArticleNarrow Gauge Railroad Museum in Nevada City, California
There are few subjects that enjoy the level of dedication and fanatical devotion that the railways and their iron giants do.Advocates and aficionados of the history of American railroad put a...
View ArticleHayden Building in Boston, Massachusetts
For most Boston residents, the city's notorious Combat Zone is a distant memory. From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, this seedy red light district bordering Chinatown was a haven for prostitutes,...
View ArticlePriest's Grotto in Ternopil's'ka Oblast, Ukraine
Beneath an expanse of wheat fields within the remote farmland of Western Ukraine lies over 127,779 meters of explorable passageways, caves, an underground lake, and the secret to survival for 38 Jews...
View ArticleThe Museum of Innocence in Istanbul, Turkey
In the backstreets of Çukurcuma, sloping towards the Bosporus from Istiklal Caddesi, the main pedestrian commercial thoroughfare of Istanbul, is the Museum of Innocence, a collection of items straight...
View ArticleExecution Rocks Lighthouse in Westchester County, New York
The solitary Execution Rocks Lighthouse in the Long Island Sound guards the way to mansions which inspired The Great Gatsby, but also hides a macabre history of murder.In the middle of Long Island...
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