Lalibela, Ethiopia
Bete Giyorgis of Lalibela
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
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Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Aksum, Ethiopia
Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.
Asmara, Eritrea
Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.
Berlin, Germany
For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
New York, New York
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
New York, New York
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
New York, New York
This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.
New York, New York
Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.
New York, New York
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
New York, New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.