Most Visited Places

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.