Honolulu, Hawaii
The Queen Theater
The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.
Seattle, Washington
Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.
Paris, France
This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Paris, France
Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Paris, France
This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
Hilo, Hawaii
This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
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.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Paris, France
Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.