Pisa, Italy
Orto Botanico di Pisa (Botanical Garden of Pisa)
The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
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Pisa, Italy
The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Pisa, Italy
A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.
Toronto, Ontario
Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."
Toronto, Ontario
This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.
Toronto, Ontario
This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.
Toronto, Ontario
This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.
Toronto, Ontario
An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.
Toronto, Ontario
This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.
Toronto, Ontario
The giant birds honor two native North American species.
Toronto, Ontario
The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.
Toronto, Ontario
Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.
Toronto, Ontario
A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.
London, England
Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
Derby, England
A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.
Stanton Lees, England
Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Cromford, England
The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.
Belper, England
This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.
Lincoln, England
Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.
Lincoln, England
Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.
Lincoln, England
The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.