Cardiff, Wales
The Arab Room at Cardiff Castle
A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.
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Cardiff, Wales
A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.
Paris, France
A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
Brooklyn, New York
“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."
New York, New York
Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
Queens, New York
An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Cleveland, Ohio
This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
New York, New York
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
New York, New York
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
New York, New York
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
Skogar, Iceland
The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.
Selfoss, Iceland
A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.
Iceland
A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.
Iceland
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
Iceland
This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant