Nashville, Tennessee
Robert's Western World
Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”
Places I've been
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Nashville, Tennessee
Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”
London, England
The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.
Segovia, Spain
These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.
Brooklyn, New York
Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.
Toronto, Ontario
The remains of the oldest bone-headed dinosaur in North America.
Rhodes, Greece
One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.
Leadville, Colorado
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
London, England
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
Toledo, Spain
Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.
Munich, Germany
German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.
Paraty, Brazil
This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.
New York, New York
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
Newport, Rhode Island
An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.
Lyon, France
Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.
Singapore
This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.
London, England
The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.
New York, New York
If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.
Brooklyn, New York
Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.
Singapore
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.
Berkeley, California
The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.
Segovia, Spain
A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.
Washington, D.C.
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.