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Kinzie Street Bridge

Chicago, Illinois

Kinzie Street Bridge

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

North Avenue Baths Facade

Chicago, Illinois

North Avenue Baths Facade

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Aerial view of the Rockies, Plaines and Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Great Train Story Diorama

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls

Chicago, Illinois

World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Conspiracies and monsters abound at Denver Airport.

Denver, Colorado

‘Notre Denver’

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

Blue Mustang

Denver, Colorado

Blue Mustang

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

La Fourvière Funicular

Lyon, France

La Fourvière Funicular

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

Half Price Books Flagship Store

Dallas, Texas

Half Price Books Flagship Store

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

This classic London pub has a surprising history behind it.

London, England

John Snow

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.”

Museum Station

Toronto, Ontario

Museum Station

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

The best sauerkraut is made with an indigenous Slovenian cabbage.

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ljubljana Central Market

Buy raw milk from a 24/7 vending machine or pick up tomb candles at this local market.

The sign of the Agnus Dei.

Oxford, England

Lamb and Flag

A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.

Train heading south into the Clayton Tunnel

Brighton, England

Clayton Tunnel North Portal

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.

The cliffside village of Rocamadour.

Rocamadour, France

Rocamadour

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

Dick Whittington’s Cat.

London, England

Dick Whittington’s Cat

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Hangman's Elm

New York, New York

The Hangman's Elm

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The Magnolia Grandiflora in 2009 with the Hattie Carthan mural on the wall behind it.

Brooklyn, New York

Magnolia Grandiflora

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

The Holborn Viaduct as seen from Farringdon Street.

London, England

Holborn Viaduct

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

The colour coded directions are integrated into the signs.

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto PATH

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Berczy Park Dog Fountain

Toronto, Ontario

Berczy Park Dog Fountain

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

YMCA Camp Erdman

Waialua, Hawaii

YMCA Camp Erdman

This iconic location, shrouded in mystery and nostalgia and still an active YMCA camp, was the setting for the Dharma Barracks in the hit TV series 'Lost.'

he River Westbourne flows above the station in a large iron conduit.

London, England

Sloane Square Tube Station

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

This stone depicts the Templars of Honor and Temperance, Supreme Council: Marble depicting alternatives to alcohol, including ice cream.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Commemorative Stones

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

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