Chicago, Illinois
Meigs Field Tower and Terminal
The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.
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Chicago, Illinois
The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.
Tampa, Florida
At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.
Tampa, Florida
The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.
Clermont, Florida
Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.
Venice, Florida
For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Budapest, Hungary
Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Budapest, Hungary
How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?
Budapest, Hungary
This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Budapest, Hungary
A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.
Budapest, Hungary
The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Budapest, Hungary
The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.
Budapest, Hungary
A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.
Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.
Bratislava, Slovakia
The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.