Santiago, Chile
Torre Telefonica Chile
It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.
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Santiago, Chile
It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A Gothic gym and community space that encourages fitness for misfits.
Prague, Czechia
One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Frankfurt, Germany
Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.
Frankfurt, Germany
Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Heidelberg, Germany
This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Cleveland, Ohio
A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Columbus, Ohio
Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.
Columbus, Ohio
A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Morgantown, West Virginia
A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.
Morgantown, West Virginia
This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.
Weirton, West Virginia
In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.
Braddock, Pennsylvania
These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This historic Pittsburgh tennis complex is a rare example of natural red clay courts.