Brooklyn, New York
Kingsland Wildflowers
Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.
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Brooklyn, New York
Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.
Pico Rivera, California
The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.
Heimaey, Iceland
Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.
Royal Leamington Spa, England
Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.
Tucson, Arizona
A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.
Iceland
This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Improvement District No. 24, Alberta
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
Barcelona, Spain
The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.
Romeno, Italy
A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.
Kamikawa-chō, Japan
A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.
Marmore, Italy
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.
Washington, D.C.
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.
Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Pietranera, Italy
The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Rome, Italy
A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.
Tucson, Arizona
A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.
Moscow, Russia
This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.
London, England
A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.
Parshall, North Dakota
One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.
Reykjavik, Iceland
A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.