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Sather Tower

Berkeley, California

Sather Tower

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley, California

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

Thornburg Village

Berkeley, California

Thornburg Village

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Moe's Books

Berkeley, California

Moe's Books

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Urban Ore

Berkeley, California

Urban Ore

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

The Japanese Tea Garden.

San Francisco, California

Japanese Tea Garden

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Myra Necropolis

Demre, Turkey

Myra Necropolis

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

A Lycian rock tomb.

Fethiye, Turkey

Lycian Rock Tombs

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

336 ancient columns

Istanbul, Turkey

Basilica Cisterns of Istanbul

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Borobudur

Magelang, Indonesia

Borobudur

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Gardens by the Bay.

Singapore

Gardens by the Bay

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

Chand Baori

Abhaneri, India

Chand Baori

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Sir Edwin Arnold thought Hawa Mahal was "a vision of daring and dainty loveliness, of storeys of rosy masonry and delicate overhanging balconies and latticed windows. Soaring with tier after tier of fanciful architecture in a pyramidal form, a very mountain of airy and audacious beauty through the thousand pierced screens and gilded arches of which the Indian air blows cool over the flat roofs of the very highest house." As quoted in, Delhi Agra Jaipur, by Surendra Sahai.  See more at https://kimcarpenterphotos.smugmug.com/Hawa-Mahal-Jaipur-India/.

Jaipur, India

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

The boundary walls of Kumbhalgarh

Rajsamand, India

The Great Wall of India

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

The ruins of Tlatelolco with the backdrop of the Plaza de las Tres Culturas.

Mexico City, Mexico

Pyramids of Tlatelolco

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Pont de la Concorde

Paris, France

Pont de la Concorde

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Exterior of the museum.

Paris, France

Musée du quai Branly (Quai Branly Museum)

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Arènes de Lutèce

Paris, France

Arènes de Lutèce

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Paris, France

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Stravinsky Fountain

Paris, France

The Stravinsky Fountain

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The Bouquinistes sell vintage postcards and posters, too.

Paris, France

The Bouquinistes of Paris

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris, France

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Lion with a foot

Paris, France

Lion of The Botanical Gardens

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A view of the Promenade Plantée in Paris

Paris, France

La Promenade Plantée

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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