Hanksville, Utah
Mars Desert Research Station
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
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Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
Mars, Pennsylvania
Could it have picked a better place to land?
Marchand Dessalines, Haiti
An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.
Bronx, New York
Designed by famed 20th-century architect Cass Gilbert, the future of this abandoned 1908 rail station is currently in limbo.
Vienna, Austria
The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.
London, England
The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
York, Nebraska
Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
Bergen, Norway
The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.
Luster, Norway
An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.
Paimpont, France
Where the legendary wizard sleeps for eternity, according to Arthurian lore.
Stratford, New Zealand
This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.
Vulcan, Alberta
Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.
Tulcan, Ecuador
This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.
Gorongosa, Mozambique
When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.
Berkeley, California
The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Berkeley, California
A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.
Berkeley, California
A celebration of once forgotten materials.
Berkeley, California
A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.
Konstanz, Germany
A sculpture of a courtesan towers above Lake Constance, recalling a church scandal.