Istanbul, Turkey
Piri Reis Map at Topkapi Palace
1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.
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Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul Railway Museum at Sirkeci Terminal
The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
New York, New York
Castle Williams
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
Whitehorse, Yukon
Log Skyscrapers of Whitehorse
When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.
New York, New York
Chester A. Arthur Inauguration and Death House
The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.
Nairobi, Kenya
Giraffe Centre
Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Metelkova
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
New York, New York
Pomander Walk
Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.
New York, New York
Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
New York, New York
Nicholas Roerich Museum
This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The Marine Building
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Vancouver, British Columbia
‘Girl in a Wetsuit’
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Whitehorse, Yukon
The World's Largest Weathervane, a DC-3
This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.
Carcross, Yukon
Carcross Desert
This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.
Skagway, Alaska
White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad
A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.
Anchorage, Alaska
Burial Spirit Houses
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Islamorada, Florida
Betsy the Lobster
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Blue Hole
The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.
Key West, Florida
Pan Am's First Office
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
