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The clock, inactive, in November 2025.

New York, New York

National Debt Clock

This installation turns abstract economics into a stark, public spectacle.

Bar of Ritz Hotel, París where Hemingway and Fitzgerald met

Paris, France

Bar Hemingway at the Ritz Paris

A cocktail lounge decorated like an American dive bar, in honor of the legendary author Ernest Hemingway.

A gas street lamp outside of 55 Poplar Street.

Brooklyn, New York

Gas Street Lamps of Brooklyn Heights

The secret behind these nostalgic light fixtures: They're not as old as they may seem.

Gare de Lyon Métro Exotic Garden

Paris, France

Gare de Lyon Métro Exotic Garden

An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.

Delmonico's Restaurant

New York, New York

Delmonico’s Restaurant

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.

Street sign for Edgar Allan Poe Street

New York, New York

Edgar Allan Poe Street

A tidbit of Poe history on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The Oasis of Aboukir

Paris, France

The Oasis of Aboukir

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

The wooden pavers can be hard to distinguish as they run along the length of the street.

New York, New York

Wall Street Palisade

Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.

The Barnard's Inn building, home to Gresham College.

London, England

Gresham College

England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.

Frontside of the house

Boston, Massachusetts

The Paul Revere House

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Grande Caryatid

Paris, France

Grande Caryatid

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

Charlotte Temple’s Grave

New York, New York

Charlotte Temple’s Grave

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

Cercle solaire du Kiischpelt

Kiischpelt, Luxembourg

Kiischpelt’s Solar Circle

This modest monument marks the only point of intersection between longitude and latitude in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

A relatively large church in the small village of Randschelt.

Wahl, Luxembourg

St Willibrord’s Church in Rindschleiden

The "little Sistine Chapel of Luxembourg" is in the smallest village in the tiny country.

Physical Graffiti Building

New York, New York

Physical Graffiti Building

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Blockhouse No. 1

New York, New York

Blockhouse No. 1

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Even at almost a century old, the Cyclone's size is impressive.

Brooklyn, New York

The Cyclone

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

Choux de Créteil

Créteil, France

Choux de Créteil

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.

Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer

A coastal French town said to have been visited by Jesus' disciples is a major pilgrimage center for Catholic Romanis.

The Cavalier Hotel.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

This pub was once Euston Station.

London, England

The Euston Tap

The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.

View inside the P-4.

Walferdange, Luxembourg

Raschpëtzer Qanat

A Roman water tunnel still flows 2,000 years on.

Grand Staircase at St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

London, England

Grand Staircase at St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.

Sign outside the tunnel leading from Market Street to Franklin Court

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin Museum and Court

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.

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