Boston, Massachusetts
Boston's First Street
Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.
Boston, Massachusetts
This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
Boston, Massachusetts
Narrowest house in Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Art and a pun, all in one.
Barcelona, Spain
Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.
Barcelona, Spain
A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.
Surfers Paradise, Australia
The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Spotswood, Australia
A youth-centric science center hides an industrial triumph.
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."
Ventnor, Australia
An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.
Shoreham, Australia
Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.