Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel
The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.
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Brooklyn, New York
The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.
New York, New York
This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
Vatican City
Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Tucked away on Somerville Avenue is a curated mycological gallery.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.
Élancourt, France
France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Paris, France
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Maincy, France
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.
Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Montreal, Québec
Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.