San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
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San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
New York, New York
A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Reims, France
This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.
Paris, France
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Reims, France
Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.