Queens, New York
TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
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Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Arlington, Virginia
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.
South Pittsburg, Tennessee
This stone incorrectly marks the 35th parallel, causing some territorial kerfuffles.
Keyes, Colorado
This marker identifies the location where three states converge.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Strausberg, Germany
A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.
Saugatuck, Michigan
This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.
Utrecht, Netherlands
The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.
La Paz, Bolivia
The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.
Hemel Hempstead, England
A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.
Cambridge, England
This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.
Larache, Morocco
A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.
Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
Binissalem, Spain
Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.
Kyoto, Japan
One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.
Srandakan, Indonesia
In this rare traditional factory, three generations of know-how, several strong cows, and a one-ton mortar come together to make Yogyakarta's famous "ugly noodles."
Singapore
This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.
Butte, Montana
The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.