Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Bronze Cow
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
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Chicago, Illinois
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Chicago, Illinois
How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?
Chicago, Illinois
The largest interactive exhibition in the U.S. exploring human history through the lens of power, punishment, and psychology.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Helsinki, Finland
This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.
Parikkala, Finland
Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.
Rautjärvi, Finland
Two hand-built octagonal smoke saunas open every Friday on the grounds of a former wartime headquarters, within a UNESCO Global Geopark, in one of Finland’s least-visited corners.
Iisalmi, Finland
The smallest restaurant in the world.
Stockholm, Sweden
A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.
Stockholm, Sweden
This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.
Chicago, Illinois
Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.
Oak Brook, Illinois
The company moved out of its sprawling headquarters, leaving plenty of traces behind.
Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.
Boston, Massachusetts
The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.
Hillside, Illinois
In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.
New York, New York
New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.