San Francisco, California
Encryption Lava Lamps
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
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San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Kasendorf, Germany
For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.
Columbia, South Carolina
An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
London, England
The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
Madrid, Spain
A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.
Dubuque, Iowa
The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.
Gwynedd, Wales
The artist David Nash planted a circle of trees in 1977.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Foynes, Ireland
The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.
Mito, Japan
A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.
Toronto, Ontario
A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.
Washington, D.C.
Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.
Aquiraz, Brazil
From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Jaipur, India
Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.
San Francisco, California
The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
Los Angeles, California
This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.
Ouro Preto, Brazil
A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."
Cushamen, Argentina
With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.
Kyaukse, Myanmar
The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.
Chicago, Illinois
The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.