Oamaru, New Zealand
Steampunk HQ
The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.
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Oamaru, New Zealand
The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Suzhou, China
An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.
Beijing, China
The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.
Xuzhou, China
These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.
Shanghai, China
China's most famous acrobatics act.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Washington, D.C.
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Pembroke, Wales
A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.
Pembroke, Wales
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.
Quito, Ecuador
Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
Berlin, Germany
A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.
Berlin, Germany
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.