Venice, Italy
Church of San Giacomo di Rialto
According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.
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Venice, Italy
According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.
Chennai, India
The first English fort built in India.
Chennai, India
This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.
Mahabalipuram, India
This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
White Rock, British Columbia
Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Christchurch, New Zealand
After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.
Huntly, New Zealand
This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.
Antarctica
Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.
Corinne, Utah
Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.
Moab, Utah
This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
Castle Valley, Utah
These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.
Moab, Utah
A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.
Hanksville, Utah
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
Elberta, Utah
This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.
Boston, Massachusetts
Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Concord, Massachusetts
The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
Wilton, Connecticut
American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.
Anchorage, Alaska
Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.