Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Places I've been
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Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Los Angeles, California
This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.
Holbrook, Arizona
Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.
Los Angeles, California
Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.
Sierra Madre, California
Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.
Guatemala
Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
Los Angeles, California
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Bergen, Norway
A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.
Çanakkale, Turkey
The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Hakone, Japan
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
Sydney, Australia
How a replica of a legendary Florentine fountain became a tireless fundraiser in the Southern Hemisphere.
Toronto, Ontario
A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.
Toronto, Ontario
This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.