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Brown
Wood, brick, and a variety of construction materials often employ brown as a base color. This collection showcases some of the best browns around.
Chur, Switzerland
Bernina Express
This epic four-hour alpine train journey takes passengers over 196 bridges and through 55 tunnels.
Boyertown, Pennsylvania, United States
Colebrookedale Railroad
All aboard an old American pastime.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Horace Jayne House
This building which drew inspiration from the battlefield is the missing link from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Frank Lloyd Wright's organic architecture.
Tehran, Iran
Golestan Palace
Offering an array of gardens, royal buildings, and collections of Iranian crafts and European gifts, the Palace represents a spectrum of Iranian history and architecture that certified its place as a UNESCO World Heritage Site being one of Tehran’s oldest monuments.
Maynooth, Ireland
Maynooth University
Lost in time (and on campus)? Navigating the time zones of Maynooth University.
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Oradea, Romania
Black Eagle Palace
Before it became a palace of commerce, accommodation, and entertainment, in the 1700s it was simply the Black Eagle Inn (the Town’s Beer House).
Wales, United Kingdom
Tenby Beach
We can confirm Tenby is a sight worth seeing - as is one of its somewhat surprising visitors.
Paris, France
Syndicat de L’Épicerie Française
This Art Nouveau building was once home to France's most powerful grocer's union.
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Schwende, Switzerland
Aescher Berg Gasthaus
Welcome to the guesthouse with a built-in rock wall, a 100-foot vertical drop below the patio, and nowhere to actually spend the night.
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Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Po Lin Monastery
Monastery on the outskirts of Hong Kong, home to one of the largest outdoor Buddhas in the world--111 feet tall, atop a 300-step climb up a mountain.
Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Todra Gorge
This beautiful dusted gorge exists a stone's throw from a wonder of an arid climate--an oasis
Glava, Sweden
Grandstand
By the appearance of their grandstand, the team struggled with maintaining the requisite rowdy fan base to boost their morale.
Shelburne, Vermont, United States
Shelburne Museum
Since 1947, this off-centered museum has been putting the "ordinary" in "extraordinary" with its unusual collection.
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Tobermory, Isle of Mull, United Kingdom
Isle of Mull Cheese
The only dairy farm in the Hebrides.
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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Anatomical Museum
A new meaning behind a body being "snatched."
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South Tyrol, Italy
Alpe di Siusi
The Alpe di Siusi is the largest and highest alpine plateau in Europe.
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Salle de Musique
This theatre is a perfect reflection of the precise nature of it's watch-making patrons.
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Hinsdale, New Hampshire, United States
Hinsdale Post Office
Processing post for over two centuries, the Hinsdale Post Office has so much more to offer than your average stamp-seller.
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Graduate Seattle
An Art Deco hotel with a rooftop view of the mountains.
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Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Cape Spear Lighthouse
It was a foggy morning on the easternmost point of North America. The route to the wharf was primed for celebration — but disaster was about to strike.
Washington DC, United States
Georgetown Custom House and Post Office
A tale of how a post office became the battleground in a town’s fight for its very existence in the United States' earliest days.
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Aguascalientes, Mexico
Parque K. M. Romo Gymnasium
Romolandia is a seventeen-acre amusement park featuring games, rides, and sports facilities, including this stunning basketball court.
Silver Plume, Colorado, United States
Bread Bar
This bar is housed in a historic 19th century bakery.
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Lone Tree, Colorado, United States
Lone Tree Arts Center
When a Denver suburb voted to build a gleaming arts center all its own, the whole town was on the edge of its seat to see whether it would be a smash hit… or a total flop.
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Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pinacoteca Station
In 2008, several paintings from this museum went on an adventure.
Yellowstone, Wyoming, United States
Yellowstone National Park
Larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined, the world’s first national park is a literal hotbed of activity.
Wiscasset, Maine, United States
Castle Tucker
A complete Victorian home, preserved on accident.
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Torrey, Utah, United States
The Flute Shop
This motel is famed for handmade Native American-inspired wooden flutes sold in its gift shop.
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