Florence, Italy
Vasari Corridor
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
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Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Rome, Italy
This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.
Rome, Italy
A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
New York, New York
Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
Baltimore, Maryland
This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Portland, Maine
Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
South Hero, Vermont
Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.
Bloomington, Indiana
The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Hyde Park, New York
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.
Bangkok, Thailand
The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.
Albany, New York
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Pittsford, New York
Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.