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St. Louis' Old Courthouse was the scene of the Dred Scott Decision, which served as a catalyst in the eradication of slavery in the United States.

St. Louis, Missouri

Old St. Louis County Courthouse

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Clydesdale horses

St. Louis, Missouri

Grant's Farm

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Jeanneke Pis forms a counterpoint in gender terms to Brussels' trademark statue, Manneken Pis.

Brussels, Belgium

Jeanneke Pis

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Pink painted elephants adorn the front doors of the Délirium Café in honor of its namesake.

Brussels, Belgium

Délirium Café

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Ming Tombs southern entrance

Beijing, China

Ming Dynasty Tombs

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

View of the village and some of the terraced fields (Wikimedia Commons)

Shaharah, Yemen

Shaharah

One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.

Marble Village of Dhee Ayn

Bidah Valley, Saudi Arabia

Marble Village of Dhee Ayn

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

(Flickr / le1parrain)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Yas Island Hotel

The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.

Beehive Tombs of Bat

Maqabil, Oman

Beehive Tombs of Bat

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.

A group of people listening to the emanated sounds (Markus Kison / Flickr)
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Dresden, Germany

touched echo

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau

Captain Cook, Hawaii

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

House of Broel

New Orleans, Louisiana

House of Broel

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

The Barnes Foundation

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Barnes Foundation

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Big Island Lava Flow

Pāhoa, Hawaii

Big Island Lava Flow

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Turtle Playground.

St. Louis, Missouri

Turtle Playground

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Qasr al-Haj as of Jan 2024

Qasr al Hajj, Libya

Qasr al-Haj

A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.

View at one of the pathways of the cemetery

Zawya Sultan Basha, Egypt

City of the Dead

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Munitions Factory of Orbaitzeta

Fábrica de Orbaitzeta, Spain

Munitions Factory of Orbaitzeta

Abandoned 18th century weapons factory in the Aezkoa Valley.

Acacus Mountains

Ghat, Libya

Acacus Mountains

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.

(Flickr/Jean & Nathalie)

Ocaklı Köyü, Turkey

Minuchir Mosque of Ani

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

(Outsider Environments Europe)

Port-de-Bouc, France

Exhibition Ground of Raymond Morales

700 iron sculptures crammed into a Mediterranean park.

The conical domes of the mosque (Looklex / Tore Kjeilen)

Ajdabiya, Libya

Atiq Mosque

Early Islamic mosque with several strange conical domes.

Huayllay Stone Forest

Pasco, Peru

Huayllay Stone Forest

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

(Flickr/Svalin)

Beijing, China

798 Art District

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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