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The riparian buffers flanking the Niger River in Timbuktu, Mali, appear in red.
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Striking Satellite Images of Cities on the Brink

A fresh perspective on the fragility and resilience of our world.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 24, 2018
Tokyo, Japan

Shitamachi Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.
Welling Court Mural Project
Queens, New York

The Welling Court Mural Project

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.
Itchen Kala.
Xiva, Uzbekistan

Walls of Itchan Kala

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.
The street is so narrow pedestrians need a stoplight.
Prague, Czechia

Vinárna Čertovka

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery.
Madrid, Spain

Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery

Five million people are laid to rest here, more than the population of Madrid itself.
Hollywood by night, 1930.
roads

Why Are There Palm Trees in Los Angeles?

Turns out it's an image thing.
Dan Nosowitz July 6, 2018
What looks like an ordinary building is actually a wall.
Paris, France

145 Rue Lafayette

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.
A rat enjoying life in Paris's Parc de Bercy.
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One District in Paris Is Creating a Map of Rat Sightings

The rodent map marks reports of animals both dead and alive.
Sarah Laskow June 12, 2018
Prato della Valle
Padua, Italy

Prato della Valle

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.
This statue once stood at an entrance to the original Penn Station and was salvaged from a garbage dump.
Brooklyn, New York

Steinberg Sculpture Garden

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.
Architectural details.
Buffalo, New York

Guaranty Building

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."
Edward Mooney House.
New York, New York

Edward Mooney House

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
Wall near a motorcycle shop.
Angoulême, France

Murals of Angoulême

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.
The mayor of Trier poses for a photograph with the new lights.
communism

Karl Marx Is the Latest Historical Figure Helping People Cross the Road

Green means go, revolutionary red means stop.
Natasha Frost March 23, 2018
Brattle Book Shop.
Boston, Massachusetts

Brattle Book Shop

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
The underlying River Farset causes the clock tower to tilt.
Belfast, Northern Ireland

River Farset

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.
Fragments of prehistoric life are embedded all over the urban landscape. But you have to look close.
architecture

How to Spot the Fossils Hiding in Plain Sight

Traces of prehistoric life are everywhere.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 23, 2018