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K H

Freelance artist, graphic designer, and museum professional.

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St. Mark's Lost Third Column

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Copenhagen, Denmark

Tivoli Gardens

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Added by nitikp

Copenhagen, Denmark

The Little Mermaid

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Added by Alexander

Hachiko

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Montgomery, Alabama

Civil Rights Memorial

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

Seattle, Washington

Gas Works Park

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Mira

Seattle, Washington

Museum of Pop Culture

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

canuck

Added by canuck

Shanghai, China

Oriental Pearl Tower

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Great Wall of China Slide

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

lewblank

Added by lewblank

798 Art District

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Added by Facebook518800246

The Forbidden City

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Blaschka Glass Flowers

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Dylan

Cambridge, Massachusetts

John Harvard 'Statue of Three Lies'

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

FrustratedFormerContributor

Added by FrustratedFormerContributor

Helsingør, Denmark

Kronborg Castle (Elsinore)

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

canuck

Added by canuck

Thingvellir, Iceland

Þingvellir

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Colin McDonald

Added by Colin McDonald

Heimaey, Iceland

Volcanic Island of Heimaey

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Greg Jones

Added by Greg Jones

Haukadalur Geothermal Field

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Berlin, Germany

Stasi Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Berlin, Germany

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Added by ljr331

Vancouver, British Columbia

Gastown Steam Clock

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

canuck

Added by canuck

Seattle, Washington

Gum Wall

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Seattle, Washington

Hammering Man

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Seattle, Washington

Seattle Underground

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.