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Main entrance to the Exploratorium at Pier 15

San Francisco, California

Exploratorium

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Antikythera Mechanism

Athens, Greece

Antikythera Mechanism

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Pittaki Street.
Permanently Closed

Athens, Greece

Pittaki Street

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

The Interior

Athens, Greece

Little Metropolis Church

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Syntagma Square Metro Station

Athens, Greece

Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

The wall at the Bay of Kotor

Kotor, Montenegro

Fortifications of Kotor

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Straight on view of Support
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Venice, Italy

Giant Hands of Venice’s Grand Canal

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

A little gem awaits.

Bolinas, California

Alamere Falls

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The temple at dusk.

Singapore

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

Gardens by the Bay.

Singapore

Gardens by the Bay

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

Singapore's Rooftop Pool

Singapore

Singapore's Rooftop Pool

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

Umbrella Trees in Little India.
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Singapore

Umbrella Trees

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

Ko Tapu islet in front of the Khao Phing Kan islands in the Phang Nga Bay.

ambon Kalai, Thailand

Ko Ta Pu (James Bond Island)

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Rocks dispersed among greenery.

Corofin, Ireland

The Burren

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

Calico Ghost Town from an overlook

Yermo, California

Calico Ghost Town

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Cabazon's T-rex dressed up for Valentine's Day

Cabazon, California

Cabazon Dinosaurs

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

World's Largest Plant Maze

Wahiawa, Hawaii

World's Largest Plant Maze

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Winchester Mystery House, with some of its many doors and windows.

San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The border of the spot

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Neuschwanstein Castle

Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Linnahall

Tallinn, Estonia

Linnahall

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

Fortress Patarei

Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia

Fortress Patarei

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

Bunker broadcast room

Airdrie, Scotland

Scotland's Secret Bunker

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.

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