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Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver Union Station

Once Denver’s gateway to the Wild West, Union Station is now at the heart of the city's culture.

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Buffalo, New York, United States

Buffalo City Hall

A birthday present, a 500 year prophecy, and a chamber full of virtues nobody could agree on. That's Buffalo City Hall.

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Buffalo, New York, United States

Richardson Hotel

Originally an insane asylum, with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, this historic building is now a hotel and urban center.

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Marstal, Denmark

Ærø Beach Huts

A century-old regulation keeps beach huts frozen in time: no electricity, no water, no changes.

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Vienna, Austria

Wiener Riesenrad

129 years later, the wheel that survived fire, war, and bankruptcy still turns to this day.

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Vienna, Austria

Prater Amusement Park

An emperor's hunting grounds became a public playground - and the puppets got to stay.

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

St. Ignatius College Prep

One of five Chicago buildings to survive the Great Fire of 1871, this school conducted the first X-ray demonstration in the city.

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Vienna, Austria

Vienna Clock Museum

An obsessive schoolteacher stashed 10,000 clocks in a sanatorium. Now it's Vienna's first clock museum.

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Aarhus, Denmark

ARoS Aarhus Art Museum

Denmark's oldest art museum outside Copenhagen just built a massive grass-covered dome... underground.

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Wengen, Switzerland

Hotel Bellevue des Alpes

A family-run hotel since 1840, accessible only by train, with a front-row view of the "murder wall" that's claimed 64 lives.

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Singapore, Singapore

Peranakan Museum

A wedding bed where seven children were born now anchors the world's only museum dedicated entirely to Peranakan culture

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Odense, Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen’s Childhood Home

The home of the most popular Dane & his 168 fairytales.

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Odense, Denmark

Klods Hans

Named after Andersen's 1855 tale of a "stupid" brother who wins a princess with mud, dead crows, and a wooden shoe.

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Boulder City, Nevada, United States

Hoover Dam

A dam so important it needed its own city.

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

The Bean

Critics called it "The Electric Kidney Bean." Chicago said no, just "Bean," and a $23 million nickname was born.

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Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Winterthur Museum & Gardens

This 175-room “American palace” is equipped with wild gardens, 90,000 art pieces, and a history grand enough to once include a prize-winning dairy herd.

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston Public Library

How a French ventriloquist sparked the the idea for the first official library in the USA.

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen University Library

A quiet masterpiece of red brick and iron, Copenhagen’s University Library has been keeping knowledge alive.

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Skagen, Denmark

The Sand-Covered Church

Cresting above the dunes of Skagen’s beaches stands a strikingly white ruin of a church long gone.

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Aarhus, Denmark

Den Gamle By

One stubborn schoolteacher, a dismantled house, and a dream.

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Rome, Italy

Gammarelli

Not your average tailor shop.

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Rome, Italy

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

A textbook example of Romanità, or “Roman-ness”...

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Florence, Italy

Cathedral of Santa Maria Del Fiore

The most famous landmark of Florence, il Duomo still holds some secrets within its constrcution.

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Pisa, Italy

Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower is a prime example that beauty comes in many shapes, sizes and… inclinations.

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