Athens, Greece
Tower of the Winds
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
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Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.
Athens, Greece
This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.
Athens, Greece
With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Savannah, Georgia
The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.
Savannah, Georgia
The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.
Savannah, Georgia
These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Columbia, South Carolina
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
Columbia, South Carolina
This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.
Cayce, South Carolina
A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
Shelburne, Vermont
A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.
Stowe, Vermont
Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.
Stowe, Vermont
The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, France
An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Seville, Spain
Spain's largest bullring offers a unique glimpse at architecture and history.