Barcelona, Spain
Festa Major de Grà cia
Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.
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Barcelona, Spain
Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.
Barcelona, Spain
Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.
Barcelona, Spain
Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni GaudÃ, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.
Barcelona, Spain
GaudÃ's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to GaudÃ's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni GaudÃ's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Staten Island, New York
A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
Brooklyn, New York
One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.
Brooklyn, New York
Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.
Brooklyn, New York
The highest rapid transit station in the world.
Brooklyn, New York
The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.
Brooklyn, New York
Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.
Brooklyn, New York
Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.
Brooklyn, New York
A cargo of beautiful music.
Brooklyn, New York
The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.
Brooklyn, New York
An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.
Brooklyn, New York
Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.
Brooklyn, New York
One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.
Brooklyn, New York
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
Brooklyn, New York
“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."