New York, New York
Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
Places I've been
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New York, New York
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
Traverse City, Michigan
An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.
Circleville, Ohio
Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.
Rochester, Minnesota
This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.
Sunnyvale, California
A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.
Brandon, Iowa
The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.
Bowie, Texas
A town pays homage to its namesake.
Northumberland, England
A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.
Corvallis, Oregon
This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.
Washington, D.C.
Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.
Los Angeles, California
Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.
Hastings, England
Tradition says that William the Conqueror dined on this stone after landing his Norman invasion fleet nearby.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Hyderabad, India
Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.
Viterbo, Italy
This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.
Alcoy, Spain
These 7,000-year-old cave paintings depict life in Neolithic Spain.
Alaior, Spain
This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.
Alicante, Spain
A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.
Bangkok, Thailand
A shrine honoring a legendary ghost bride lies within this vibrant temple.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.
Batumi, Georgia
The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
Spokane, Washington
This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.