St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Blackbeard's Castle
Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.
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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.
Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands
This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.
Whitehorse, Yukon
A spoke-tacular artwork constructed from recycled bicycle rims.
Holbrook, Australia
The decommissioned submarine is now the symbol of a small, inland Australian town.
Beijing, China
This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.
North Macedonia
This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.
Ukiah, California
One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A mysterious architectural gem in one of the most elegant areas of Buenos Aires.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Sunderland, England
This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.
Birmingham, England
This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."
Athens, Greece
This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.
Seattle, Washington
In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.
Los Angeles, California
Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Somerset, Ohio
The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.
Galway, Ireland
A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.
Zanesville, Ohio
One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.
Tatev, Armenia
The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
Morrison, Colorado
In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Katskhi, Georgia
Small church on top of a huge rock column.