Genoa, Italy
Roman Polanski's Neptune
Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
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Genoa, Italy
Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
Asmara, Eritrea
Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.
New York, New York
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
New York, New York
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
New York, New York
A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.
New York, New York
Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.
New York, New York
Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.
New York, New York
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
New York, New York
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Beruni, Uzbekistan
These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.
Muynak District, Uzbekistan
Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Uppsala, Sweden
Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.