Valencia, Spain
La Mascletá
A daily pyrotechnic celebration marks a beloved tradition during Valencia's festival season.
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Valencia, Spain
A daily pyrotechnic celebration marks a beloved tradition during Valencia's festival season.
Valencia, Spain
This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.
Valencia, Spain
This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.
Alicante, Spain
A monument at Alicante Marina honors a little-known hero of the Spanish Civil War.
Alicante, Spain
Once used to calculate the various levels around the country.
Alicante, Spain
Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.
Alicante, Spain
This magnificent market stands as a poignant symbol of the suffering caused by the Spanish Civil War.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.
Dresden, Germany
The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.
Naumburg, Germany
Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Calhoun, Georgia
Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.
Columbia, South Carolina
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
Columbia, South Carolina
The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.
Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.
Stratton, Colorado
When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.
Denver, Colorado
The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).
St. Louis, Missouri
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.