New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Jefferson, Maryland
One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Washington, D.C.
A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Venice, Italy
The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.
Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Casablanca, Morocco
An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Júzcar, Spain
This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.
Aït Ben Haddou, Morocco
A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families
Province de Tinghir, Morocco
One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.
Merzouga, Morocco
God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.
Larache, Morocco
A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.
Gibraltar
Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.
Windhoek, Namibia
Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.