Forks, Washington
One Square Inch of Silence
A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.
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Forks, Washington
A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Wisbech, England
This great example of a Victorian museum claims to be the oldest purpose-built museum in the UK.
Alice Town, Bahamas
A mile-long, three-tiered cave hidden under a Bahamian island, complete with cathedral-like formations, bat colonies, and graffiti going back to the 1870s.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Los Angeles, California
Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Tokyo, Japan
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Niagara Falls, New York
Historical marker that is a mini replica of the original in New York.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Berlin, Germany
In a quiet neighborhood in the south of Berlin is one of the most ambitious social housing experiments of the 20th century.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Stockholm, Sweden
One of the earliest subway stations in Stockholm, which still looks like the 1950s.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.