Barcelona, Spain
Calder Mercury Fountain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
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Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Madrid, Spain
Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Barcelona, Spain
The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Warsaw, Poland
A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
College Station, Texas
Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.
Dallas, Texas
See the sky in a new way through this art installation.