Washington, D.C.
Old Post Office Tower
The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Washington, D.C.
When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.
Washington, D.C.
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Miami, Florida
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
Eisenach, Germany
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.
Avella, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Arco, Idaho
Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.
Athens, Greece
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
Athens, Greece
This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.
Athens, Greece
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Athens, Greece
A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.
Perissa, Greece
This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.
Egina, Greece
This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.
Athens, Greece
Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.