Atlanta, Georgia
Fire Station No. 6
The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.
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Atlanta, Georgia
The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Boston, Massachusetts
The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Brussels, Belgium
Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.
Belvedere, Sint Maarten
A roundabout in the West Indies that pays tribute to a bus driver who brokered no-nonsense on the school route.
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
An unexpected must-see for fans of Star Wars who find themselves on the beautiful island of Sint Maarten.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
Belvedere, Sint Maarten
Where Saint-Martin ends and Sint Maarten begins (or vice versa).
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Washington, D.C.
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."