Grand Marais, Minnesota
Naniboujou Lodge
Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Arlington, Virginia
Ronald Reagan National Airport's Historic Terminal A
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Sarasota, Florida
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Washington, D.C.
Jefferson Pier Marker
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
Washington, D.C.
Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Bruges, Belgium
Basilica of the Holy Blood
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Rome, Italy
Cloaca Maxima
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Rome, Italy
Via Appia
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
Florence, Italy
The Bull of Santa Maria del Fiore
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Florence, Italy
Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents)
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Anacapri, Italy
Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto)
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Beit Jala, Palestine
The Shrine of Saint George
A historic chapel filled with colorful murals and a colorful past.
Lahaina, Hawaii
Lahaina Banyan Tree
Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.
Hilo, Hawaii
Kaumana Lava Tubes
Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Bishop Museum
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Point Venus
Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.
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Hong Kong
Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter
A small subculture of boat dwellers keep their traditional way of living alive at this Hong Kong Typhoon Shelter.
Hong Kong
Noonday Gun
This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.
Hong Kong
Central-Mid-Levels Escalators
The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Tian Tan Buddha
Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.
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Hong Kong
Jumbo Kingdom
A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.
Vancouver, British Columbia
‘Girl in a Wetsuit’
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Elephant Gate
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
