Chicago, Illinois
L.H. Selman Glass Gallery
Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.
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Chicago, Illinois
Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.
Chicago, Illinois
An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.
Boston, Massachusetts
A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.
Boston, Massachusetts
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
Boston, Massachusetts
This mosaic commemorates the oldest subway tunnel and station in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.
Chicago, Illinois
These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.
Chicago, Illinois
Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Chicago, Illinois
The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.
Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?
Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Syracuse, Italy
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Palermo, Italy
This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.
Campobello di Mazara, Italy
The ancient Greeks abandoned this quarry to escape Hannibal's devastating invasion.
San Biagio Platani, Italy
Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.
Żebbuġ, Malta
People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.