Honolulu, Hawaii
Amelia Earhart Memorial Plaque
Hiding in plane sight.
Places I've been
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Hiding in plane sight.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.
Tambon Mueang Kao, Thailand
An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Merek, Indonesia
One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.
Lahaina, Hawaii
Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.
Tosari, Indonesia
Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.
Kecamatan Prambanan, Indonesia
This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.
Ubud, Indonesia
Visitors to this museum will find architectural oddities, an art gallery, and an unlikely bird sanctuary.
Honolulu, Hawaii
An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.
Singapore
Three Malay graves are at the center of an annual pilgrimage that reflects syncretic practices.
Ripponden, England
The house in the middle of the motorway.
Washington, D.C.
Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.
Singapore
An independent bookstore and press with a large collection of local and English-language literature.
Federal Way, Washington
This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.
Malacca, Malaysia
Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.
Singapore
This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.
Singapore
A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Rome, Italy
The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.
Singapore
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.