Honolulu, Hawaii
Ka Hale La’au
Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Northwest Arctic, Alaska
Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
San Jose, California
At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.
Paris, France
This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.
Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands
This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.
Hoyvík, Faroe Islands
Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.
Wilton, New York
This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Austin, Texas
This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.
Pickering, Ontario
The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Wall, South Dakota
One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.
North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.
Riverside, Iowa
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.
San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala
For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.
Marianna, Arkansas
One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.
Lido, Italy
Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.