California
Farallon Islands
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
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California
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
San Francisco, California
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
Urfa, Turkey
A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.
An-Nabk District, Syria
This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.
Hama, Syria
Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.
Palmyra, Syria
Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.
New York, New York
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Berlin, Germany
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Berlin, Germany
A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.