Hong Kong
Central-Mid-Levels Escalators
The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.
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Hong Kong
The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.
Spokane, Washington
This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.
Seattle, Washington
Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.
Seattle, Washington
This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Boston, Massachusetts
This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Drummond, Montana
A metal menagerie fills the yard of this museum and gallery, the work of Montana artist Bill Ohrmann.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.
Ellensburg, Washington
An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.
Albany, New York
The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Weston, Massachusetts
The oldest philatelic museum in the United States.
Washington, D.C.
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Staunton, Virginia
Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Charlottesville, Virginia
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.