Whittier, Alaska
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
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Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Hyder, Alaska
The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.
Løkken, Denmark
An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.
Rome, Italy
Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.
Rome, Italy
A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.
Imlil, Morocco
A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.
Al Haouz, Morocco
The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.
St Helier, Jersey
A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.
Barcelona, Spain
Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.
Barcelona, Spain
An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Barcelona, Spain
The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.
Barcelona, Spain
These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.