Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's Oldest Operating Theater
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.
Bern, Switzerland
Dining in this grain cellar feels like stepping onto a fantasy film set.
Bradenton, Florida
A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.
Loštice, Czechia
This entire museum is dedicated to a single smelly delicacy.
Twentynine Palms, California
An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.
Llantrisant, Wales
Surgeon, scholar, activist, eccentric. This statue remembers a curious figure in Wales’ history.
Brussels, Belgium
This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.
Kagoshima, Japan
This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.
Rifle, Colorado
You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.
Minamiuonuma, Japan
Weave yourself into over a thousand years of history at this textiles museum through demonstrations and a hands-on hataori experience on a traditional loom.
Paradise Valley, Arizona
A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.
Old Station, California
A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.
Alexandria, Virginia
This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.
Hadley, Massachusetts
Each solstice, students and astronomy enthusiasts gather at a primitive but functioning sun wheel to witness how humanity first used this calendar.
Girona, Spain
A historic structure inspired by Roman, Muslim, and Jewish bath houses.
Poughkeepsie, New York
A building made mostly of cast iron features a 1:45 scale lego model of its self.
Greenland
Welcome to the greenest place in Greenland.
Carmel Hamlet, New York
The life-size bronze statue commemorates the ride of 16-year-old American Revolutionary War hero.
North Queensferry, Scotland
One of the world's smallest functioning lighthouse boasts an unexpected connection.
Holmdel, New Jersey
The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.
Wilmington, Delaware
This relief sculpture depicts America’s most famous coffee break.