Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elfreth's Alley
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
New Shoreham, Rhode Island
An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.
Aix-en-Provence, France
Balconies that have a most unusual accent.
Aix-en-Provence, France
A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.
Marseille, France
This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.
Marseille, France
This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.
Marseille, France
This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Batumi, Georgia
Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.
Kumistavi, Georgia
This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.
Akhmeta, Georgia
Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.
Semey, Kazakhstan
The Russian author's writing desk remains inside the house where he spent part of his Siberian exile.
Durman, Tajikistan
Right beyond the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border lies the oldest human settlement in Central Asia.
Defynnog, Wales
Estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, this yew may be Britain’s oldest.
Aguilares, El Salvador
A major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador.
Santiago, Chile
This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.
Santiago, Chile
It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.
Santiago, Chile
This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.
Santiago, Chile
A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The world's most remote airport.
Albany, New York
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.