Vancouver, British Columbia
BC Binning's Mosaic Mural
This is an amazing but little known tile mosaic mural that used to grace the lobby of an office building in 1958, but now can only be seen from the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart.
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Vancouver, British Columbia
This is an amazing but little known tile mosaic mural that used to grace the lobby of an office building in 1958, but now can only be seen from the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart.
Leiden, Netherlands
A 14th-century church holds a unique monument to a German mathematician who dedicated his life to calculating the value of pi.
Yorktown, Virginia
Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.
Huntington Station, New York
The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.
Stockholm, Sweden
This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.
Madrid, Spain
A neighborhood represented by an apparent geocentric and flat-earth model of the Solar System is hidden in the subway of Madrid.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.
London, England
A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, California
This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.
San Francisco, California
A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Aki, Japan
Over 40 species of fern cover the canyon walls of this lush green bowl, cut off from the bustle of the world by a cave entrance.
London, England
The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.
London, England
This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.
London, England
At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
London, England
Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.
London, England
More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.
Mörsdorf, Germany
Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.
Walenstadt, Switzerland
A monument to peace, built by one man over the course of 25 years.
Tangier, Morocco
Writers such as Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Samuel Beckett frequented this Tangier bookstore.
Chicago, Illinois
In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.
Chicago, Illinois
A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.