Mexico City, Mexico
'El Perfil del Tiempo'
A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.
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Mexico City, Mexico
A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.
Frankfurt, Germany
The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.
Vienna, Austria
An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.
Munich, Germany
A subterranean display of public art and architecture.
Tokyo, Japan
Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.
Warsaw, Poland
Complex tile installations designed by a renowned Polish artist in a Warsaw subway.
Madrid, Spain
This 40-meter waterfall of light graces one of the most iconic stations in the Madrid metro network.
Montreal, Québec
A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
This wooden troll marks the starting point for Detroit Lakes' troll scavenger hunt.
South Boston, Virginia
A collection of abstract sculptures by a former tobacco auctioneer turned outsider artist.
Gothenburg, Sweden
Visitors sometimes leave flowers in honor of this writer and lesbian icon.
Budapest, Hungary
Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Ansbach, Germany
The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.
Barnesville, Pennsylvania
Explore the great outdoors in this popular eastern Pennsylvania park.
Erie, Pennsylvania
Climb the first lighthouse commissioned on a Great Lake to a lookout with peaceful, panoramic views.
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
Take a ride inside a former coal mine in Ashland, Pennsylvania.
Riga, Latvia
Once one of Riga’s historically important cemeteries, this location is now a quiet park.
Columbia City, Indiana
One of the first soy sauce factories in America, and its storied proprietor, are honored here.
Pikeville, North Carolina
A disarmed 40-foot nuclear missile on display outside a North Carolina church.
Stoneham, Massachusetts
This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.
Plymouth, Trinidad and Tobago
A three-centuries-old crypt in the foothills of an old plantation.