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West Terrace
New York, New York

West Terrace at the Cloisters

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.
United Shoe Machinery Building, view from Milton Place
Boston, Massachusetts

United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.
The cemetery and mausoleum includes burials aboveground and below.
New York, New York

Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
Winged kirin statues.
Tokyo, Japan

Nihonbashi Kirin Statues

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.
Love fades.
animals

How a Minnesota Town Fell In and Out of Love With Its Ginormous Geese

Like most human-fowl relationships, it's complicated.
Molly Monk February 13, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Normaal Amsterdams Peil (Amsterdam Ordnance Datum)

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.
Kowloon Walled City was built without regulations.
infrastructure

The Strange Saga of Kowloon Walled City

Anarchic, organic, surreal, this enclave was once among the most densely populated places on Earth.
James Crawford January 6, 2020
maps

How a Cartographer Drew a Massive, Freehand Map of North America

Just ink and colored pencil, it took Anton Thomas almost five years.
Isaac Schultz December 30, 2019
Ouadane Mosque.
Ouadane, Mauritania

Ouadane Mosque

This remarkably well-preserved mosque stands amid an 11th-century caravansary.
Berlin, Germany

Prinzessinnengarten

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.
Netherbow Gatehouse.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Luckenbooths

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.
science

Checking In on the Algae of a Brooklyn Reservoir With a Microbiologist

Sally Warring knows a lot about what we can't see.
Sabrina Imbler December 10, 2019
Outside the gates of Babylon is a vast maze.
abandoned

Inside the Abandoned Babylon That Saddam Hussein Built

“If I could, I would go without shoes here, because it’s a holy place,” says a guide to the ancient site.
Pesha Magid December 2, 2019
Smith School.
Boston, Massachusetts

Smith Court

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.
The "flying man."
Villa de Zaachila, Mexico

Zaachila Ruins

You can explore the halls of tombs in the abandoned former capital of the Zapotecs.
Welcome to the International Sangha Bhiksu Buddhist Association, formerly Saint Agnes Roman Catholic Church.
temples

The Sacred Afterlives of Buffalo’s Vacant Churches

The best way to preserve a church in a shrinking city is often to convert it to a mosque or temple.
Sabrina Imbler November 4, 2019
Ruins of 10 or more Yuan dynasty stupas situated outside the northwest corner of Kharakhoto.
Alxa, China

Heicheng Ruins

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.
Le Mur des Canuts.
Lyon, France

'Le Mur des Canuts'

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.