Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax Explosion Memorial
The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.
Vienna, Austria
Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.
Vienna, Austria
In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Vienna, Austria
Op-art architecture designed for happiness.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Perpetually Under construction Park.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.
Providence, Rhode Island
An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."
Providence, Rhode Island
This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.