Kuopio, Finland
Puijo Tower
A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.
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Kuopio, Finland
A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.
Flåm, Norway
A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.
Vatican City
A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.
Evanston, Illinois
A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.
Georgia
This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.
Stockholm, Sweden
It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.
Bucksport, Maine
A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.
Vilminore di Scalve, Italy
The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.
Mexico City, Mexico
This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.
Rozendaal, Netherlands
A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.
Stavanger, Norway
A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.
Dunfermline, Scotland
A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.
London, England
This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Public clocks around the city chime with bullfights, cockfights, old railways, and other local traditions.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.
Durango, Mexico
A historic cemetery doubles as a museum containing hundreds of unique tombs sculpted by a single artist.
Savannah, Georgia
A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.
Fillmore, Utah
The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.
Cienfuegos, Cuba
A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.
Mogarraz, Spain
Images of neighbors past and present guard the streets of this charming alpine village.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.