Boston, Massachusetts
Mapparium Globe
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
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Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.
Ruokolahti, Finland
Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Northeast Harbor, Maine
East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.
Mount Desert, Maine
A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.
Tallinn, Estonia
This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.
Tallinn, Estonia
A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Vilnius, Lithuania
While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Riga, Latvia
The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.
Valaste, Estonia
This stunning limestone waterfall is the highest in Estonia.
Palasi, Estonia
Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.
Hiiu Parish, Estonia
This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.
Kaali, Estonia
Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
New Delhi, India
An unassuming tomb houses an important milestone in Indian architectural history.