Honolulu, Hawaii
Shangri La
Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.
Paris, France
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Dienersdorf, Austria
"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
Belvedere Tiburon, California
An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
World's largest barrel containing an inn.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The first hospital in the New World.
Clackamas County, Oregon
Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.
New York, New York
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
San Francisco, California
A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.
Sevastopol, Ukraine
In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War.