Kyoto, Japan
Sanjūsangen-dō
1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.
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Kyoto, Japan
1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
New York, New York
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
Brooklyn, New York
The return of something once considered a basic part of life.
Brooklyn, New York
The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.
Brooklyn, New York
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
Brooklyn, New York
Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.
Brooklyn, New York
A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.
Brooklyn, New York
A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.
Brooklyn, New York
A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
Brooklyn, New York
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Bloomington, Indiana
A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.
Denver, Colorado
A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Aspen, Colorado
Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Buena Vista, Colorado
At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.
Estes Park, Colorado
An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.