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Paris, France
Paris Padlocks of Love
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Antwerp, Belgium
Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing
Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.
Brussels, Belgium
The Atomium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
The Musical Instrument Museum
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Brussels, Belgium
Manneken Pis
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
London, England
London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
The Navigators
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
Temple Church
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
Providence, Rhode Island
Fleur-De-Lys Studio
An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.
Providence, Rhode Island
John Hay Library
Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.
Richmond, Virginia
Hollywood Cemetery
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Boston, Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall Weathervane
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of the Boston Massacre
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
New York, New York
Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
New York, New York
The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
New York, New York
Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
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New York, New York
Maxilla & Mandible
A Natural History and Science Emporium.
New York, New York
77 Water Street
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
