Muang Ngoy, Laos
Muang Ngoi Neua
A quaint village where bomb casings from the Second Indochina War have been repurposed into mundane objects.
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Muang Ngoy, Laos
A quaint village where bomb casings from the Second Indochina War have been repurposed into mundane objects.
Ban Long, Laos
Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.
Luang Prabang, Laos
These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.
Ban Long, Laos
This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.
Pak Ou, Laos
Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Taree, Australia
Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.
Duranbah, Australia
Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.
Brisbane, Australia
A nearly lost tribute to an 11-year-old boy killed during a World War I homecoming parade.
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Baltimore, Maryland
Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.
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.”
Cardigan, Prince Edward Island
While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.
New York, New York
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
New York, New York
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.