Canberra, Australia
The Shine Dome
This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.
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Canberra, Australia
This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.
Stirling, Scotland
This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.
Musenyi, Burundi
For millennia, explorers were obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile—is this small mountain stream really the answer?
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.
Puerto Inca, Peru
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Dezzo, Italy
This house certainly has a unique decor.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Although it appears much older, this castle-like tower is actually a Georgian-era folly.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.
Midland, Michigan
This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
Rutland, Vermont
A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Middlebury, Vermont
The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.
Shreveport, Louisiana
From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.
Šibenik, Croatia
This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.
Jönköping N, Sweden
A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.
Singapore
A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.
Amphoe Ko Kut, Thailand
Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.