Newton, Massachusetts
Star Market
This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.
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Newton, Massachusetts
This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.
North Adams, Massachusetts
The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.
Reno, Nevada
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Seattle, Washington
The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.
Oxford, England
The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."
Oxford, England
One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.
Oxford, England
The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Oxford, England
This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.
Paris, France
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Paris, France
A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Amboise, France
The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Xianyang, China
Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.