Dusseldorf, Germany
Rheinturm
This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.
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Dusseldorf, Germany
This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.
Sarasota, Florida
A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
New York, New York
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
New York, New York
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Vienna, Austria
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Rome, Italy
More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.
Clare, Ireland
A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.
Mayo, Ireland
Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Rome, Italy
Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.
Coral Gables, Florida
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Costa Rica
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Near Lake Arrowhead, California
Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.