Athens, Greece
St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church
A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.
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Athens, Greece
A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Denver, Colorado
Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.
Savannah, Georgia
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Telluride, Colorado
This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.
Delta, Colorado
The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Denver, Colorado
A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
Budapest, Hungary
The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Portland, Oregon
This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.