Sliema, Malta
Sea Water Distilling Plant
Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.
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Sliema, Malta
Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.
Charles Town, West Virginia
This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
Szafarnia, Poland
The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.
San Jose, California
A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
Washington, D.C.
An ear-piercing buzzer calls lawmakers to a vote with a series of long and short rings to form coded messages.
Winchester, England
Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.
Milton Keynes, England
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
Chisinau, Moldova
Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.
Pungo Andongo, Angola
These giant volcanic rocks towering above the Angolan savannah once served as a natural fortification.
Boston, Massachusetts
These structures serve as a memorial to one of Boston’s most ambitious and controversial urban redevelopment projects.
Staten Island, New York
Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.
Lanleff, France
The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.
Kailua, Hawaii
Hidden behind a YMCA stands the remains of a ceremonial site that dates back hundreds of years, whose ground is still considered sacred to many Hawaiians.
Jiblah, Yemen
One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.
Duino, Italy
Europe's only Temple of Mithras located in a natural cave.
Elefsina, Greece
Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.
Mitaoli, India
This ancient goddess temple inspired the design of India’s Parliament House.
New York, New York
With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.
Gampola, Sri Lanka
An asymmetrically spiraling tower perched on top of a protected mountain.
Taipei, Taiwan
A preserved segment of the old irrigation canal recalls Taipei’s history as a “Water City.”
La Ciotat, France
This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.
Los Angeles, California
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.
New York, New York
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.