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Scala Contarini del Bovolo

Venice, Italy

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

View from across Piazza San Marco.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

An artifact from the Cornell Hip Hop Collection.

Ithaca, New York

Cornell Hip Hop Collection

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

Sown here in 1947 already crumbling away.Courtesy SF History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

San Francisco, California

The "Center" of San Francisco Monument

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

The Whispering Arch

St. Louis, Missouri

Whispering Arch at Union Station

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

City Museum

St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

"Pinkelbaum", Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt, Germany

Pinkelbaum (Peeing Tree)

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

The Lonely Parking Meter

Winters, California

The Lonely Parking Meter

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

Mapparium Globe

Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform

New York, New York

Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

It made an appearance in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris

Paris, France

The Duluc Detective Agency

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Voltaire in marble resting atop his real, fleshy heart (as captured in 1924)

Paris, France

The Heart of Voltaire

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Castillo de Zafra

Campillo de Dueñas, Spain

Castillo de Zafra

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

Texas Eiffel Tower

Paris, Texas

Texas Eiffel Tower

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Proudy

Prague, Czechia

‘Proudy’

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Brooklyn Townhouse Secret Subway Exit

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Townhouse Secret Subway Exit

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

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