Petra District, Jordan
Petra
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
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Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Kinsale, Ireland
This memorial was created by an Irish nurse who lived in New York City during 9/11.
Etten-Leur, Netherlands
Stained-glass windows inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings decorate this church in the town where the artist's career began.
Akureyri, Iceland
Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.
Koh Kret, Thailand
On a river island north of Bangkok, a small bar helped lead a home-brewing rebellion.
Monterey, California
The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Callanish, Scotland
The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.
Garenin, Scotland
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Sandyston, New Jersey
Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Neversink, New York
The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.
Port Jervis, New York
A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.
Highland, New York
The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Boiceville, New York
Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.