Athens, Greece
The Athenian Agora
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
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Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.
Fairbanks, Alaska
A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
Los Angeles, California
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Vancouver, British Columbia
An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.
Simi Valley, California
The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Oxnard, California
Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.
Simi Valley, California
Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
Grass Valley, California
A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.
Grass Valley, California
The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.
Grass Valley, California
Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.
Nevada City, California
Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.
Grass Valley, California
An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.
Nevada City, California
California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.
Solvang, California
California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.
Solvang, California
Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.