Cape May, New Jersey
Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
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Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Brooklyn, New York
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Siena, Italy
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Brooklyn, New York
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
Key West, Florida
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
New York, New York
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.