Tucson, Arizona
Tucson's Retro Airport Control Tower
This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.
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Tucson, Arizona
This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.
Tucson, Arizona
A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.
Tucson, Arizona
Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.
Tempe, Arizona
The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.
Fakenham, England
The last gas works in England and Wales details how people once extracted the resource from coal.
Tunisia
An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.
Meridian, Mississippi
The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.
Foxton, England
The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.
Tataouine, Tunisia
A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'
Stoney Stanton, England
The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
Newtown Linford, England
The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.
Segovia, Spain
The first mechanized factory in Spain is also one of the most significant mints in the history of money.
Toberonochy, Scotland
A plaque installed underwater marks the fall of a royal family from an imagined parallel universe—part of a globe-spanning art project.
Tucson, Arizona
Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.
Stockholm, Sweden
A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.
London, England
On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
Comox-Strathcona K, British Columbia
A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.
Segovia, Spain
One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'
Segovia, Spain
A controversial art piece that harkens back to local folklore.
Carrascal del Río, Spain
Medieval ruins nestled within a breathtaking swath of Spanish nature.
Somosierra, Spain
A tiny church remembers the Polish cavalrymen who charged their way into a Napoleonic victory.
Pavia, Italy
An ode to the washerwomen who called Pavia home.
Fontanellato, Italy
The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.