Athens, Greece
Theatre of Dionysus
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
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Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Athens, Greece
The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.
Aalborg, Denmark
This modernist tower was saved by a fraternity with a 500-year-old penchant for shooting at wooden parrots.
Karrebæksminde, Denmark
This distinctive bug-like bridge is made of recycled horseshoes.
Kibæk, Denmark
This Danish art forest places loud works of contemporary art among the pensive silence of nature.
Silkeborg, Denmark
Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.
Buffalo, New York
Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.
Buffalo, New York
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.
Niagara Falls, New York
One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Buffalo, New York
The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.
Buffalo, New York
A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.
Glasgow, Scotland
A unique art installation located on what was once considered the widest railway bridge in the world.
Glasgow, Scotland
A 19th-century Neoclassical building now housing a Hindu temple represents modern-day Glasgow at its most multicultural.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.
Glasgow, Scotland
This mural condenses 96 miles of one of Scotland's best-known trails into a unique art display.
Glasgow, Scotland
Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.
Glasgow, Scotland
An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.