Hong Kong
Signal Hill Tower and Garden
A century-old tower with great harbor views in a quiet space, hidden among skyscrapers.
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Hong Kong
A century-old tower with great harbor views in a quiet space, hidden among skyscrapers.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
L'Orignal, Ontario
This historic prison is the oldest in Ontario and the second oldest in Canada.
Patagonia, Arizona
A remote desert monument marks where a priest and explorer entered what later became Arizona.
Patras, Greece
Overlooked archeological site close to the city of Patras.
Little Chart, England
Destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944, this ruined church is a haunting reminder of the war.
Boulder City, Nevada
A photogenic rock-art site that is also a popular climbing and canyoneering area.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Ödeshög, Sweden
This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.
Simsbury, Connecticut
This sycamore is Connecticut's largest tree, New England's largest sycamore, and among the largest of its kind nationwide.
Utrecht, Netherlands
The world's first fish doorbell monitors this water passageway.
Pimpri-Chinchwad, India
A unique zoo of exotic animals with a cafe and a co-working space.
Northwoods, Washington
A startling waterfall, not far from a roadside viewpoint.
Embilmeegame, Sri Lanka
This 14th-century Sri Lankan temple is a mixture of Sinhalese and Dravidian architecture.
Machynlleth, Wales
Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Does this statue depict Thor, or Jesus Christ? Nobody knows.
Elmhurst, Illinois
Explore an underground labyrinth of miniature railroads.
Mogadishu, Somalia
Amid the ruins of the 1990s Somali Civil War, life goes on as normal.
San Diego, California
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
Widcombe, England
Victorian-era cemetery full of interesting local history among the graves.
Yerevan, Armenia
These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.
Ica, Peru
A twisted, six-headed palm tree cursed by a witch, said to spell calamity if its seventh head is allowed to grow.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
This single-screen Art Deco theater in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania opened its doors in 1941.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Abandoned museum from the last days of Soviet domination, with a unique Brutalist design.