St. Augustine, Florida
Fort Matanzas National Monument
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
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St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
St. Augustine, Florida
Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.
St. Augustine, Florida
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
St. Augustine, Florida
A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
Jacksonville, Florida
A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.
Jacksonville, Florida
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
London, England
One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.
Braddock, Pennsylvania
The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.
Madrid, Spain
The remains of the second-oldest zoo in Europe can be seen within these library gardens.
Madrid, Spain
Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.
Madrid, Spain
The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.
Changikhisarak, Uzbekistan
More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.
Paris, France
The site where two doves fell in love.
Toledo, Spain
The fragmented remains of a massive public bath connected to the city's water supply.
Paris, France
This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.
Paris, France
A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.
Madrid, Spain
Infamous and now demolished panopticon prison built by its former inhabitants.
Madrid, Spain
These three pillboxes still remain as a witness of the Spanish Civil War in a park of Madrid.