Bellevue, Washington
Mercer Slough Nature Park
This 329-acre nature park is Lake Washington's largest remaining wetland ecosystem.
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Bellevue, Washington
This 329-acre nature park is Lake Washington's largest remaining wetland ecosystem.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tatsuo Miyajima shares a philosophical appreciation for life with the latest human technologies.
Madagascar
The Great Tsingy has a smaller, rose-colored cousin.
Hawley, Massachusetts
The oldest flagstone charcoal kiln in New England serves as a reminder of the importance of land conservation and sustainability.
Bishnupur, India
This is the world's only floating national park, and the last natural home of the majestic sangai deer.
Kamakura, Japan
Japan's legendary filmmaker is interred in a small graveyard in a similarly modest temple in Kamakura.
Hong Kong
One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.
Takachiho, Japan
Row through this enchanted narrow chasm whose stones are said to resemble dragon scales.
Stockport, England
The remains of what was once the world’s largest spinning mill.
Battle Ground, Indiana
Victory on this battlefield catapulted William Henry Harrison to the presidency in 1840.
Newtown, Australia
This cemetery holds the unidentified remains from a wreck sometimes known as “Australia’s Titanic.”
Sumter, South Carolina
This park is home to all 8 swan species, and also has extensive plantings of Japanese Iris.
London, England
The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.
Braga, Portugal
In a fusion of myth and mischief, this statue is a testament to this university's quest for both knowledge and pleasure
Edinburgh, Scotland
An ancient healing font dedicated to an 11th-century matriarch was moved to make way for progress.
San Isidro, Argentina
A perfectly preserved 19th-century mill that can still run today.
Florence, Italy
A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.
Cali, Colombia
Not just another old printing press; it's a place of cultural resistance and a history of the city.
Tatev, Armenia
A natural bridge formed by limestone travertines in Armenia's Vorotan River Canyon.
Atlanta, Georgia
This 19th century cotton-gin factory has been repurposed into an artist space and cultural center, complete with goats.
Woodstock, Georgia
A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.
Nara, Japan
According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.
Alexandria, Virginia
Historic Lee family homestead built in 1785, later serving as a private home and a Civil War hospital.