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New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library in New York, New York
Since the mid-1800s the New York Academy of Medicine has been ensuring that the city's doctors have a unified voice and resource base, and since landing in their longtime headquarters in the 1920s the...
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Schwäbisches Turmuhrenmuseum in Mindelheim, Germany
Ticking away endlessly down the years, the giant timekeepers kept in the collection of the Schwäbisches Turmuhrenmuseum were made to operate in public towers but now sit in a private tower collection...
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Campderdown Elm in Brooklyn, New York
The strangest tree in Brooklyn may be the gnarled branches of the Camperdown Elm near the Prospect Park boathouse. Its branches grow parallel to the ground instead of up, requiring extra support, so...
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Wood Line in San Francisco, California
The woods that cover San Francisco's Presidio are only a little over a century old, planted in the late 19th century by the U.S. Army. In 2011, Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy made a new intervention...
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The Wreck of Air Aruba P4-YSA in Willemstad, Curaçao
Top of every intrepid explorers list must be to find a ruined airplane hidden away in a tropical locale. Bringing to mind the television show Lost or the 1986 film Romancing the Stone, there is just...
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Hallstatt, China in Hallstatt, China
The beautiful Austrian village of Hallstatt looks like the picture perfect postcard image of a traditional European town full of gabled homes and historic churches. Now this lovely view can also be...
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Coop's Shot Tower in Melbourne , Australia
Once the tallest buildings in all of early Melbourne, Coop's Shot Tower was soon eclipsed by gargantuan skyscrapers and other modern urban behemoths, but rather than being torn down in the name of...
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Harmony Borax Works in Stovepipe Wells, California
Death Valley is one of the hottest, most inhospitable places in the world, but that doesn't mean that there isn't anything valuable in the land. Case in point, the massive borax deposits on which the...
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Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah
Utah is no stranger to temples. After all, it's the world headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has built temples dedicated to God throughout Utah and all around the...
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The Abandoned Pietermaai Mansions in Willemstad, Curaçao
The island of Curaçao in the southern Caribbean sea was colonized by the Dutch West India Company in 1634. With no natural gold deposits, the small island had been passed over by other European naval...
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Masuleh in Masuleh, Iran
Built right into the slope of an Iranian mountain, the small town of Masuleh has a unique, purpose-built architectural style where the front yard of each of the houses on the incline is actually the...
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Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California
Sitting on the coastal edge of San Francisco, the Lincoln Park Golf Course is one of the loveliest set of links in the area with grand views and lush lawns all around. And in fact it was these same...
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American Wind Power Center in Lubbock , Texas
While it cannot generally be seen, the natural force of wind is one of the most primal and influential elements, so how better to celebrate mankind's history of discovery and experimentation with this...
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Museum Speelklok in Utrecht, Netherlands
Utrecht's Museum Speelklok specializes in that certain kind of historic robot created solely to play music without the help of any pesky humans.The Speelklok (which translates to "musical clock") has...
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The Giants of Santa Maria del Pi in Barcelona, Spain
When you enter Santa Maria del Pi, look directly to your right and you will find four giants staring back at you from inside a floor-to-ceiling glass case. These gegants are wearable puppets. They're a...
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Capilla del Santo Cristo in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Tucked away in the corner of the old walled city of San Juan is a tiny chapel, one of the most beautiful and secluded monuments in the old capital. It was built on top of the ancient stone walls that...
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Nanda Devi in Chamoli, India
The tallest mountain located entirely within India’s borders, Nanda Devi is as majestic as it is forbidden, and has a history that is entwined with the American Central Intelligence AgencyIndia’s...
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Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal
For hundreds of years, the Boudhanath Stupa has stood as a beacon of Buddhist belief, towering over the surrounding town as a giant mandala of peace and beauty and also giant eyes. Built some time...
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Kukaniloko Birthing Site in Wahiawā, Hawaii
One-hundred yards from the intersection of Whitmore Avenue and Highway 80 on the Hawaiian island of Oahu lie a group of rocks known as the Kukaniloko Birthing Stones which have marked the site of royal...
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Château d'If in Marseille, France
Looming just off the southern tip of France is an imperious looking island that is taken up in its entirety by a fortress complex that was made famous by being featured as a location in the literary...
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