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Rome, Italy

Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Portland, Oregon

Portlandia

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Drumheller, Alberta

The Hoodoos of Drumheller Valley

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.
New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Seattle, Washington

Gum Wall

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Rome, Italy

Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Rome, Italy

Basilica di San Clemente

A Nesting Doll of Churches.
New York, New York

The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
Aristes, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Blaschka Glass Flowers

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Brooklyn, New York

Masstransiscope

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.