Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
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Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Gyumri, Armenia
It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.
Caldwell, Ohio
The United States’s love for black gold began with the accidental discovery of oil in the Ohio countryside.
Pristina, Kosovo
The sculpture of a man sitting in the middle of the square holds great significance for the young nation of Kosovo.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Kitakyushu, Japan
This futuristic-looking museum was built for the centennial of Japan's most innovative toilet.
Shimonoseki, Japan
One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.
Mousehole, Cornwall, England
The harbour of this Cornish village is illuminated by thousands of lights every Christmas season.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Plymouth, England
These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.
Plymouth, England
Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Fyllingsdalen, Norway
The longest pedestrian tunnel in the world.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
What appears to be a historic cabin nestled within Valles Caldera National Preserve is actually part of an abandoned movie set.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Dawson City, Yukon
A surviving Klondike Gold Rush-era log cabin that was dismantled log by log to save it, and can still be stayed in today.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
It is the oldest remaining stairway William Penn created to give Philadelphia citizens access to the port area.
Big Bear Lake, California
A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Gurtnellen, Switzerland
Walk underneath a railway bridge over the river Reuss with just a metal grating under your feet.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Oxford, England
Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.
London, England
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
Kearny, New Jersey
This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.