San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
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San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Seattle, Washington
A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Seattle, Washington
A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.
Malmö, Sweden
20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Seneca Falls, New York
What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.
Iceland
The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.
Jelling, Denmark
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
London, England
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
Barbâtre, France
This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.
London, England
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
London, England
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
Tartu, Estonia
The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.
Makarau, New Zealand
A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.
Oamaru, New Zealand
The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde
This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.
Stockholm, Sweden
This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's largest model of our planetary system.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.