Ecublens, Switzerland
EPFL Learning Center
The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Lausanne, Switzerland
'Echodrome'
This large sculpture of white plates and forms is actually a huge sound amplifier.
Lausanne, Switzerland
Palais de Rumine
Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.
Lausanne, Switzerland
The Births of the Full Moon
A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.
Realmonte, Italy
Scala dei Turchi
"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.
Caltagirone, Italy
Ceramic Steps of Caltagirone
142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.
Caltanissetta, Italy
Caltanissetta Radio Transmitter
The tallest structure in Italy is a remote radio transmitter in Sicily.
Los Angeles, California
The Bonaventure Hotel
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
San Diego, California
Star of India at The Maritime Museum of San Diego
The world’s oldest active sailing ship.
La Jolla, California
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
A dramatic coastline that’s home to a rare pine tree.
San Diego, California
Unconditional Surrender
A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."
San Diego, California
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.
San Diego, California
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.
San Diego, California
Fallen Star
This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.
San Diego, California
Hotel del Coronado
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Beijing, China
The Forbidden City
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Assisi, Italy
Temple of Minerva
What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.
Athens, Greece
Syntagma Square Metro Station
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
The Olive Tree of the Acropolis
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
Athens, Greece
Dromeas (The Runner)
A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.
Athens, Greece
Anafiotika
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
Theatre of Dionysus
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
The Athenian Agora
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Athens, Greece
Lycabettus Funicular
The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.
