Saint Paul, Minnesota
Union Pacific Vertical Lift Rail Bridge
One of only 3 vertical lift bridges on the Mississippi it still operates despite its apparent condition
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
One of only 3 vertical lift bridges on the Mississippi it still operates despite its apparent condition
Meats & Animal Products
This Sicilian sheep's milk cheese is colored with saffron and studded with black peppercorns.
Prepared Foods
This unusual take on a British comfort food hides two surprises inside.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
This statue of Snoopy on vacation is just outside the kids area at Minneapolis Saint Paul International was one of a series of 101 Snoopy statues created in 2000.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.
Meats & Animal Products
Italy's first beer cheese gets coated in spent brewing grains and soaked in lager.
Calatafimi, Italy
This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Burton-on-Trent, England
A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.
Erice, Italy
Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.
Prepared Foods
You can enjoy this Sicilian spleen sandwich “single” or “married.”
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Tortosa, Spain
A botanical garden full of thought-provoking contemporary sculptures.
Coventry, England
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
Prepared Foods
The streets of Palermo are filled with the smell of succulent, sizzling lamb intestines.
Dunbar, Scotland
The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.
Dolgarrog, Wales
The worst flood disaster in Welsh history might have been a lot worse if it had not happened on movie night.
Florence, Italy
Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.
Moira, England
This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.
Burgos, Spain
The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
Workington, England
This unique sculptural clock transforms into a periscope every hour.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.
Selfoss, Iceland
A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.