New Orleans, Louisiana
The Oldest Fire Hydrant in New Orleans
This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Port Townsend, Washington
City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.
Victoria, British Columbia
This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.
Vancouver, British Columbia
At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
Spokane, Washington
Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Tower, Minnesota
Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.
Glendive, Montana
The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Whitehall, Montana
The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.
Arlee, Montana
This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.