Kappern, Austria
Stargate Kappern
Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?
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Kappern, Austria
Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?
Brooklyn, New York
A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.
London, England
King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.
Vienna, Austria
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
St. Augustine, Florida
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
New York, New York
A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.
Berkeley, California
The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.
Xanthi, Greece
This tower is all that remains of the mosque that once stood in the center of the city, before it was destroyed by fire in 1941.
Manila, Philippines
This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
Stratford, New Zealand
This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.
Pier Ward, Seychelles
This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.
Rawtenstall, England
This tower is all that remains of a 19th-century schoolhouse that became a famous music venue before its destruction.
Lier, Belgium
A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Gwynedd, Wales
In a boatyard near Aberdyfi is a nautically inspired work of art.
Walpole, Massachusetts
This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.
Mumbai, India
A heritage structure designed in 1882 honors a Parsi philanthropist.
Mexico City, Mexico
This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.
Oxford, England
A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
San Francisco, California
The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.