Venice, Italy
The Mad Colored Houses of Burano
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
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Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Venice, Italy
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Venice, Italy
According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.
Natick, Massachusetts
A small, red building located along a state highway where the 18th Vice President made shoes in his youth.
Framingham, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a free Black soldier who played a pivotal role in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Cusco, Peru
Reclaimed material from a convent destroyed by cannonfire was used to build parts of this 19th-century cemetery.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.
Alexandria, Virginia
Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.
Soufriere, Saint Lucia
Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.
Soufriere, Saint Lucia
The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.
Frederick, Maryland
According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A tribute to those that perished during the American Revolution.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
These ruins of an octagonal stone school that was later used as an A.U.M.P. church exemplify a popular school design from the 1830s.
Adelaide, Australia
The famed literary character has a unique connection to this city.
Madrid, Spain
Sometimes called the Banksy of Madrid, Muelle was a pioneer of street art in the Spanish city.
Batumi, Georgia
A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.
Batumi, Georgia
Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.
New York, New York
Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.
Punta Arenas, Chile
The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.
Garden Island, Australia
The sullen remains of vessels abandoned in the Port Adelaide River.
West Point, New York
West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.