Singapore
'Inscription of the Island'
An artist crafted this lonely left hand as an imagined relic from Singapore's history.
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Singapore
An artist crafted this lonely left hand as an imagined relic from Singapore's history.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.
Bordentown, New Jersey
A New Jersey state park that was once Napoleon's brother's sprawling estate.
Stratford, Connecticut
This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.
Frankfurt, Germany
Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.
Nazaré, Portugal
A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.
Stahlstown, Pennsylvania
A piece of crumbling highway infrastructure was repurposed as a high-tech facility for testing racecars.
Annapolis, Maryland
This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.
Nuremberg, Germany
A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.
Uchon, France
Erosion left these fascinating granite formations strewn across fields and mountains in Burgundy.
Oslo, Norway
This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.
Cayce, South Carolina
A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.
Townville, South Carolina
A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.
Sasaguri, Japan
A serene mountaintop temple complex featuring one big, bronze Buddha.
Collingwood, Australia
A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.
Charleston, South Carolina
The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.
Aachen, Germany
A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.
Varanasi, India
A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.
Thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột, Vietnam
Drink and learn at this striking ode to coffee culture and history.
Iglesias, Italy
A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.
Edinburgh, Scotland
If you fly into Edinburgh Airport, it's possible to spot this prehistoric site without even getting off the plane.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.
Mexico City, Mexico
This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.
Viskafors, Sweden
A flock of peculiar-colored sheep graze in this small Swedish town.