Knoxville, Tennessee
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Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
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Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Colmar, France
This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Jumièges, France
Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.
Freeport, Illinois
The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.
Halberstadt, Germany
Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Plano, Illinois
Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
London, England
This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Toronto, Ontario
A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Toronto, Ontario
One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Northesk, New Brunswick
New Brunswick's tallest mountain is the highest point in all the Maritimes.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.