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Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Right beyond the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border lies the oldest human settlement in Central Asia.

Next to a newer mosque in Khujand’s main square lies the city’s oldest mosque, whose interiors are spectacularly intricate.

A bustling bazaar with an elaborate facade in Central Asia’s underrated capital.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

Tucked into Pittsburgh’s North Side, the Mattress Factory is a labyrinth of permanent, room-sized installations where artists transform entire spaces into mind-bending, immersive worlds.

A 19th-century architectural masterpiece with ties to Gustave Eiffel.

The largest camel market in West Africa

In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.