Tokyo, Japan
Citizen Watch Co.
The joint product of Swiss and Japanese watchmakers, this watch company employs master craftsmen to build their most high-end timepieces in-house by hand.
The joint product of Swiss and Japanese watchmakers, this watch company employs master craftsmen to build their most high-end timepieces in-house by hand.
Urban legend attributes the design of this famous Peruvian lighthouse in the Miraflores district of Lima, to Gustave Eiffel. You may know him from his famous tower in Paris.
In the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia is “America’s Resort” with the lavish interior designs of infamous Dorothy Draper, while also holding an underground secret that may have ties to the U.S. government.
An engineering feat occurred in 1999 when the massive concrete Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina was moved almost a mile inland to safer ground.
AWA visted hereThis cable car rests on the site of the first Winter Olympic games at France's oldest ski resort.
Dedicated to the Italian painter and scientist Leonardo de Vinci, this museum is the largest science and technology museum in Italy and features the Elea 9003 mainframe computer.
This royal palace of the former Pagaruyung Kingdom in Indonesia has been destroyed by fire 3 times.
Danish palace complex guarded day and night by the Royal Life Guards.
Also known as The Witch House, this is the only structure still standing with direct ties to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
This local history museum was once a jewelry store, a post office, and even a beauty salon.
Designed by a spy, this private residence and government office is the office of the UK's Prime Minister. It is 300 years old and contains over 100 rooms.
This middle school partners with NYU's School of Medicine, whose members mentor 6-8 graders.
This nature reserve contains 300 endangered species and the ruins of a 16th century castle.
"The most important light for transatlantic steamers bound for New York" was almost torn down, if not for it's illuminated community.
Once a secret military base, this port is now one of the most visited tourist sites in Antarctica.
This prestigious university has been educating Germans for nearly 150 years.
Bubbling deep beneath the heart of Budapest—also known as “the city of baths”—is nature’s hot tub: geothermal springs enriched with healing minerals.
The 170-foot structure is one of only a dozen remaining tall, brick tower lighthouses in the United States.
AWA visted hereA one-night stay at the Stanley Hotel sparked the inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining.
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