Phoenix, Arizona
Camelback Mountain
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.
Places I've been
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Phoenix, Arizona
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.
Somerville, Massachusetts
The former headquarters for Whitey Bulger and the notorious Winter Hill Gang.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.
Richmond, Vermont
This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Stockholm, Sweden
This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.
Stockholm, Sweden
A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.
Stockholm, Sweden
A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Stockholm, Sweden
This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.
Stockholm, Sweden
At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.
Stockholm, Sweden
The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Tallinn, Estonia
A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.