Montreal, Québec
Habitat 67
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
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Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Nara, Japan
Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.
Xian Shi, China
An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.
Shanghai, China
This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.
Guangzhou, China
A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.
Singapore
This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."
Los Angeles, California
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Bermuda
In Bermuda, this formal naval residence has become a go-to for cliff-jumpers and hikers.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
June Lake, California
A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.
Joshua Tree, California
This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.
Avalon, California
Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.
Avalon, California
A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.
San Diego, California
It would be a crime to miss it.
New York, New York
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.