Garden Grove, California
Christ Cathedral (Crystal Cathedral)
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
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Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
London, England
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
Colmar, France
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Béal na Bláth, Ireland
A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.
Kerry, Ireland
An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.
Connemara, Ireland
A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.
Glenslane, Ireland
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
England
No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.
Deal, England
A jumble of treasures in a small space, this old-fashioned local museum is full of surprises.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The history and future of cannabis.
Ghent, Belgium
This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.