New York, New York
The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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New York, New York
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
New York, New York
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
Washington, D.C.
You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
Washington, D.C.
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
San Francisco, California
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
Bangkok, Thailand
A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.
Bangkok, Thailand
A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Batu Caves, Malaysia
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
One of the world's tallest flagpoles.
Singapore
Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.
Singapore
A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Singapore
This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Singapore
The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.
Singapore
Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
New York, New York
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.