Cairo Skywatch Tower in West Lafayette, Indiana
The U.S. Air Force commissioned this tower during the Korean War to watch the sky for enemy aircraft.#militaryhistory #military #koreanwar #towers #section-Atlas
Cairo Skywatch Tower
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta
Dive into the history and true tall-tales of Banff National Park.#nationalparks #museums #section-Atlas
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Edward’s Elephant in Kirkby, England
A giant earring-wearing, poker-waving elephant statue stands in a Viking longboat in Kirkby town center.#poetry #elephants #statues #section-Atlas
Edward’s Elephant
Dalkey Island in Dublin, Ireland
A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.#vikings #holywells #islands #section-Atlas
Dalkey Island
Chicago Bronze Cow in Chicago, Illinois
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.#sculptures #bronze #cows #section-Atlas
Chicago Bronze Cow
Baltasar Bachero Tile Mosaic in Madrid, Spain
Baltasar Bachero became a hero after he saved the lives of two children nearly run over by an out-of-control mule-drawn carriage.#history&culture #history #streetnames #tiles #mosaics #section-Atlas
Baltasar Bachero Tile Mosaic
Castleguard Cave in Canada
Canada’s longest cave system is home to creatures found nowhere else on the planet, as well as rare cave pearls.#adventure #caves #nationalparks #section-Atlas
Castleguard Cave
Ulakhan-Sis Range in Russia
A remote Arctic mountain range is home to "granite cities" found almost nowhere else.#geologicaloddities #geology #mountains #section-Atlas
Ulakhan-Sis Range
Shōsōin in Nara, Japan
A raised Japanese building has preserved 8th-century artifacts for more than a millennium, earning this log cabin a reputation as the "world's oldest museum."#cabins #architecture #art #museums #section-Atlas
Shōsōin
John Snow in London, England
Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London's cholera epidemic, this 19th-century pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”#medicine #lgbtq #booze #bars #pub #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
John Snow
Black Madonna Chapel at Kappelberg in Roosendaal, Netherlands
In 1421, a drowning man prayed for his life and promised to build a chapel where he would wash ashore.#chapel #churches #religion #section-Atlas
Black Madonna Chapel at Kappelberg
Red Monastery in Sohag, Egypt
An early Christian basilica modeled after an Egyptian temple showcases some the best-preserved frescos from late antiquity.#art #basilicas #churches #religion #monasteries #section-Atlas
Red Monastery
National Human Rights Museum in Taipei, Taiwan
This abandoned prison is now a museum chronicling the oppression of political prisoners in the not-so-distant past.#museums #humanrights #prisons #section-Atlas
National Human Rights Museum
Herzgruft 'Heart Crypt' in Vienna, Austria
The hearts of 54 Habsburg royals received special burials here separate from their bodies.#churches #crypts #burialplaces #hearts #section-Atlas
Herzgruft 'Heart Crypt'
Terry's Chocolate Orange Sculpture in York, England
A unique tribute to the chocolatey past that helped shape one British city.#sculptures #history&culture #statues #chocolate #section-Atlas
Terry's Chocolate Orange Sculpture
Tamesis Dock in London, England
Take in the views of Big Ben with a Guinness in hand at this floating pub aboard a 1930s Dutch barge.#booze #bars #boats #pub #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Tamesis Dock
Zagreb 80s Museum in Zagreb, Croatia
A house that transports visitors back to Yugoslavia.#nostalgia #housemuseums #museums #section-Atlas
Zagreb 80s Museum
Republican Lamppost at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain
A small but stubborn relic of Spain’s turbulent past hides in plain sight.#lamppost #light #warhistory #fascism #dictators #spanishcivilwar #section-Atlas
Republican Lamppost at the Royal Palace
Hammering Man in Basel, Switzerland
This 42-foot tribute to the workforce still reminds us to pause and recharge.#labor #artoutside #art #publicart #sculptures #section-Atlas
Hammering Man
