Jerusalem, Israel
Meah Shearim
Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.
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Jerusalem, Israel
Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.
Cotati, California
A tribute to one man's legacy of improving the accordion's reputation.
Santa Rosa, California
340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
Lusaka, Zambia
Based on a real event, the statue is dedicated to those who fought and died for Zambia's independence.
Beijing, China
The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.
Beijing, China
This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Kodiyat, India
This magical place built as an astronomical center starred as a James Bond villain's lair.
Chamarel, Mauritius
This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.
Lamu, Kenya
Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.
Little River, California
A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Varanasi, India
Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Phonsavan, Laos
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
Jerusalem, Israel
The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.
Woodside, California
Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
San Francisco, California
Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.
San Francisco, California
A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.
Portland, Oregon
On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!