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Explorers Club
The Explorers Club has been a launchpad for history-making adventurers.
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Drake Passage, Antarctica
The Drake Passage
For at least two days without sight of land, you will endure the strongest ocean currents in the world, galeforce winds, and waves that can reach as high as 60 feet.
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London, United Kingdom
The Connaught Bar
Enjoy a long list of libations at what was voted the world's greatest bar.
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Chur, Switzerland
Bernina Express
This epic four-hour alpine train journey takes passengers over 196 bridges and through 55 tunnels.
Maynooth, Ireland
Maynooth University
Lost in time (and on campus)? Navigating the time zones of Maynooth University.
Milton, Delaware, United States
King’s Ice Cream
An ice cream shop that serves up the royal treatment.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Queens’ College
Owing its name to two Queens, this hall is located in one of the oldest colleges at Cambridge University.
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Como, Colorado, United States
Como Depot
At this railroad crossing, you don't need to look both ways... because the train ain't coming.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nordic Club
These hand-painted tags are used to mark tennis court occupancy at the Nordic Club—an unlikely establishment on the banks of Gulshan Lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Claromecó Lighthouse
The second tallest in all of South America, home to a whale skeleton.
Tokyo, Japan
Meiji Jingu
A shrine where the living venerate the spiritual world through sake offerings.
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Magnisi Peninsula, Sicily, Italy
Magnisi Lighthouse
Situated next to ancient burial grounds has drawn grave robbers to this Sicilian lighthouse.
Prince Edward Island, Canada
West Point Lighthouse
Upon first sight, the black-and-white-striped square-tapered tower design of West Point Lighthouse is geometrically striking in its natural habitat.
Marathon, Florida, United States
Faro Blanco Lighthouse
This lighthouse in the Florida Keys keeps has served as a residence and office as well as an unofficial private navigator for boats.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Suburban Station
At the Suburban Station, you can use a pay phone free of charge if you feel nostalgic enough.
Harlem, New York, United States
Metro-North
This relied-upon commuter rail transports passengers between New York City and the northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States
Longwood Gardens
This organ designed by Belgian musician Firmin Swinnen creates music with the help of of 10,010 pipes.
Teton Village, Wyoming, United States
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Skiers have been enjoying the Grand Tetons since the early 1900s, but the mountains have drawn adventurers for centuries.
Konstanz, Mainau Island, Germany
Schwedenturm
This German tower is straight out of a fairytale, as it is located on Mainau Island, home to many different species of trees, shrubs, and blossoms.
Milan, Italy
Teatro Franco Parenti
This venue for experimental and independent theater works has premiered performances that have come to define the country's cultural history.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Martha’s Vineyard Ferry
This ferry service off the east coast of the U.S. is the only way to transport an automobile to the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bristol Temple Meads
This train station, the oldest and largest in Bristol, England, was the first station designed by Industrial Revolution engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
New York, New York, United States
Gramercy Typewriter Co.
Clicking into a begone era.
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Newport, Rhode Island, United States
The Breakers
This bedroom in the Vanderbilt mansion The Breakers belonged to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who grew up to be a prominent sculptor and founder of The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Berlin, Germany
Ernst-Reuter-Platz
This train station sits underneath Berlin's famous street, Straße des 17. Juni, birthplace of the East German uprising and host of the largest party in the world.
Skagen, Denmark
Sandormen
Sandormen is a tractor-pulled vehicle service that brings tourists to the tip of Grenen, Denmark's northernmost point in order to collect their famous pebbles.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Spoorwegmuseum
Visitors can learn how trains changed the world at this transportation museum located within an old Dutch train station.
Tangier, Morocco
Cinematheque de Tangier
This independent Moroccan theater is dedicated to film culture and housed in a slightly crumbly 1930s cinema.
London, United Kingdom
The Tomb of The Unknown Warrior
This ornate memorial in Westminster Abbey, London marks the grave site of an unknown infantryman killed in World War I.
Yakima, Washington, United States
1956 Chevrolet Handyman Wagon 210
During its first two years, this car was the best-selling Chevy model and continues to have high appeal among collectors.
Surrey, United Kingdom
Invicta S-Type
This sports car introduced the low-slung chassis and unprecedented durability to the automobile industry.
Berlin, Germany
Konzerthaus Berlin
This historically-restored German concert hall, one of three within the structure, is home to one of Europe's most renowned orchestras.