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A facsimile of James Joyce's death mask

Dublin, Ireland

The Little Museum of Dublin

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The Cairo still dwarfs its neighbors.

Washington, D.C.

The Cairo

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

The communal drying area on Glasgow Green.

Glasgow, Scotland

The Drying Green

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

Grasshopper.

London, England

Signs of Old Lombard Street

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

River Tyburn Conduit.

London, England

River Tyburn Conduit

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

Divers exploring the lost city.

Found: Underwater Ruins Hidden off the Coast of Tunisia

The city of Neapolis was destroyed by a tsunami in 365 A.D.

Sarah Laskow September 1, 2017

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Fetter Lane Moravian Burial Ground.

London, England

Fetter Lane Moravian Burial Ground

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

The Barbican Conservatory's Arid House.

London, England

Barbican Conservatory

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

The Corpus Christi seawall, just after completion in 1940.

How a Devastating 1919 Hurricane Inspired Corpus Christi to Build a Seawall

One early design, by the man who built Mount Rushmore, included a giant statue of Christ.

Sarah Laskow August 25, 2017

Cromwell's Corners was once called Murdering Lane.

Dublin, Ireland

Murdering Lane and Cutthroat Lane

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County Belt System

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

Portland, Oregon

Transcendence

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Piazza dell'Anfiteatro in Lucca.

Piazza dell'Anfiteatro

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Eclipse glasses.

Columbia, South Carolina, Is Giving Eclipse Glasses to Homeless Community Members

So is Nashville, Tennessee.

Cara Giaimo August 21, 2017

The replica of the of Big Christopher statue.

Big Christopher

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

Permanently Closed

A helicopter landing on the roof of the Pan Am building (now Met Life building), 1966.

New York, New York

Site of the Pan Am Helipad

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

Saint Mungo.

Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow City Center Mural Trail

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.