Florence, Italy
Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
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Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
Rome, Italy
A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.
Falmouth, Jamaica
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.
Norfolk, Virginia
One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.
Norfolk, Virginia
The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.
Norfolk, Virginia
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
Norfolk, Virginia
An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.
Leavenworth, Kansas
This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
A massive museum preserving the United States culture and the home of Abraham Lincoln's sleigh.
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
An epic statue dedicated to the memory of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments of the U.S. Army
Helsinki, Finland
Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.
Helsinki, Finland
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Rovaniemi, Finland
Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Denver, Colorado
In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.
Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.