Saint Paul, Minnesota
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace
This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
Derinkuyu, Turkey
The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.
Wellington, New Zealand
The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.
St. Louis, Missouri
The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand's only running funicular railway.
Cape Palliser, New Zealand
These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.
Lake Tarawera, New Zealand
A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.
Kaiteriteri, New Zealand
This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.
Waiotapu, New Zealand
This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.
Upper Hutt, New Zealand
You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Tynemouth, England
Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.
Córdoba, Spain
This medieval synagogue survived the Inquisition as a hospital and church.
Collegedale, Tennessee
This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.
Fontenoy-la-Joûte, France
This village in the northeast of France is packed with book shops.
Monterrey, Mexico
This store may be part of a well-known chain, but it stands out due to the tree growing through the middle of it.
Dallas, Texas
The final resting place of a music legend.
Vernal, Utah
Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.
Riga, Latvia
A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.
Riga, Latvia
A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.