Sydney, Australia
Sirius Building
Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.
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Manly, Australia
Manly Quarantine Station
The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.
Sydney, Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Sydney, Australia
Cactus and Succulent Garden
Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.
Sydney, Australia
Trim the Cat
The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.
Sydney, Australia
Robert Burns Statue
A statue of a Scottish cultural icon in central Sydney.
Sydney, Australia
Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine
A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.
Sydney, Australia
'Forgotten Songs' Sound Sculpture
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Rat's Restaurant
Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Grounds for Sculpture
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Arthur Kill Vertical Bridge
Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.
Staten Island, New York
Fresh Kills Landfill
One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.
Staten Island, New York
Holtermann's Bakery
In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.
Staten Island, New York
Historic Richmond Town
A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.
Staten Island, New York
Todt Hill
The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.
Staten Island, New York
Alice Austen House
The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.
Staten Island, New York
Swinburne Island
This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.
Staten Island, New York
Remains of Fort Wadsworth
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
Sutton, Massachusetts
Purgatory Chasm
This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.
New York, New York
Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
New York, New York
Cafe at the Swedish Church of New York
Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Game Boy that Survived a Bombing
Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.
New York, New York
New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
