San Jose, California
IBM Building 025
A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.
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San Jose, California
A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.
Santa Clara, California
The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.
Parkes, Australia
A stargazing sculpture made from the ruins of an iconic telescope.
Stockholm, Sweden
This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.
Warsaw, Poland
This colorful and quirky set of pegasus sculptures celebrate the works of poet Zbigniew Herbert.
Dallas, Texas
This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.
Arcadia, California
A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.
Pasadena, California
A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.
Salinas, California
Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.
Santa Barbara, California
Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.
Rancho Cordova, California
This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.
Berkeley, California
A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.
Théoule-sur-Mer, France
Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.
Medellín, Colombia
This city park wants you to take your shoes off.
Piediluco, Italy
The ruins of this medieval castle overlook the lake of Piediluco in what was once a sacred forest.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.
Seattle, Washington
A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.
Rome, Italy
A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.
Chatsworth, New Jersey
How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.
Las Vegas, Nevada
“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.
Charlevoix, Michigan
There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.
Cedar Creek, Texas
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
Diamond, Missouri
Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.
Carthage, Missouri
When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.