Longwood, Saint Helena
Longwood House
Napoleon’s home in exile, decorated with poisonous wallpaper.
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Longwood, Saint Helena
Napoleon’s home in exile, decorated with poisonous wallpaper.
Bath, England
Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.
San Marino, California
Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
Bologna, Italy
An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.
San Francisco, California
Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.
Hanover, Germany
An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.
Tywyn, Wales
A modest stone circle in North Wales.
San Francisco, California
A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.
San Francisco, California
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Waimangu, New Zealand
Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.
Paris, France
The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.
Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.
San Francisco, California
One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
San Francisco, California
Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
New York, New York
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.