New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
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New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
London, England
The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.
Wilmington, Delaware
A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.
Duxbury, Massachusetts
It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.
Saint Hedwig, Texas
A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.
Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Ano Vouves, Greece
The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
New York, New York
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Woodstock, Vermont
A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.
New York, New York
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
Palatine, Illinois
Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.
Sydney, Australia
This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.
Jerusalem, Israel
This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic
This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.
An-Nabk District, Syria
This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.
Jelonki, Poland
Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.
Lospalos, Timor-Leste
This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.