Episkopi, Cyprus
House of the Gladiators
A 3rd-century Roman villa in Kourion with one of the only mosaics in Cyprus to depict gladiators fighting by name.
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Episkopi, Cyprus
A 3rd-century Roman villa in Kourion with one of the only mosaics in Cyprus to depict gladiators fighting by name.
Phippsburg, Maine
A collection of modern petroglyphs by artist Kevin Sudeith. Hate them or love them, but important to experience.
Leeds, England
Since 1877, the characters of Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” have been keeping time in this Leeds arcade.
Hood River, Oregon
Raised catwalk walk through the trees alongside a river starting from an abandoned and colorful pumping station.
Wahpeton, North Dakota
A 5,000-pound fiberglass channel catfish perches on the banks of the Red River, occasionally taking a swim when spring floodwaters rise.
Helsinki, Finland
Moved after its owner's death, this granite seat left the house with a haunting on its hands.
Kildonan, Scotland
Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".
Monterrey, Mexico
This great tree was gifted to Monterrey in 1996, the 400th anniversary of the city's foundation.
San Juan Bautista la Raya, Mexico
It makes sense that this airport, serving one of Mexico's most artistic cities, also doubles as a gallery.
Mexico City, Mexico
This altarpiece isn't a gilded baroque work taken from a church, but rather a recreation where everything (even the fence and lock) are made of paper and cardboard.
Heraklion, Greece
One of Minoan Crete's most famous images, a crowned, lily-adorned figure striding through a garden, was largely invented in the 1900s from a handful of surviving fragments, and archaeologists still argue about what it actually shows.
Mumbai, India
This slender 19th-century clock tower stands at the entrance of a famous garden and zoo.
Le Mans, France
A rainbow tunnel painted across three buildings and six storeys pulls a child (and every passerby) straight down the rabbit hole, ranked among the world's best murals the year it went up.
Bristol, England
This kaleidoscopic structure is perhaps Bristol’s most unusual temple
Liverpool, England
Hidden under a shopping centre is the genesis of modern Liverpool.
Durham, England
Discover the unique history of Durham from the 14th century to the present day.
Tallinn, Estonia
This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.
Hong Kong
There are over 12,000 Buddha statues at this temple complex that has been mistakenly labeled a monastery.
Bremen, Germany
This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.
Finnieston, Scotland
A solitary arbor with a unique pedigree.
Vallecito, California
The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.
Nice, France
One of only a few red brick buildings in Nice.
Marion, Indiana
Beautiful quilts displayed in the former home of a quilting pioneer.
Shropshire, England
A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”