Bronx, New York
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.
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Bronx, New York
The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.
Alexandria, Virginia
America's first federal monument.
Washington, D.C.
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
St. Augustine, Florida
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Washington, D.C.
A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.
Twentynine Palms, California
The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
San Diego County, California
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Midland, Ohio
Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.
Cape May, New Jersey
Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.
Shakaria, Jordan
A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.
Calgary, Alberta
With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.
Quilchena, British Columbia
A colorful collection of scavenged glass bells decorates this Canadian ranch.
Dawson City, Yukon
A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.
Cochin, Saskatchewan
The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.
Wellesley, Ontario
It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Italy
This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
Vienna, Austria
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
Vienna, Austria
Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.