Stockholm, Sweden
Lego Åhléns City
A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.
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Stockholm, Sweden
A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.
Stockholm, Sweden
This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.
Stockholm, Sweden
Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Stockholm, Sweden
This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Cleveland, Ohio
A bronze monument to Cleveland's favorite, fastest son.
Cleveland, Ohio
A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.
Washington, D.C.
The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.
Washington, D.C.
One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.
District of Columbia
The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Sterling, Virginia
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
San Diego, California
The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.
San Diego, California
This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.
Washington, D.C.
For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.
Washington, D.C.
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
New York, New York
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.