Los Angeles, California
Binoculars Building
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
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Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Los Angeles, California
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
Pasadena, California
A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Agoura Hills, California
The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.
Agoura Hills, California
An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.
Irkutsk, Russia
Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Windhoek, Namibia
A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.
Urbana, Illinois
The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Cusco, Peru
A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.
Nairobi, Kenya
Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.
San Luis Obispo, California
A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.
Santa Monica, California
A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”