London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
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London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Madrid, Spain
Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.
New York, New York
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
Barcelona, Spain
Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
New York, New York
A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
New York, New York
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Tokyo, Japan
After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
New York, New York
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.