Places Edited by breaingram

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.