So much more than corn and pork.

An otherworldly sunrise at California’s Mono Lake.

The slide in this picture isn’t in a theme park (unless your idea of a thrill ride is watching Un Chien Andalou), it’s in the massive entry hall of the Tate Modern in London.

A friend just forwarded me a link to some very impressive pics of Stockholm’s Tunnelbana stations – apparently, they’re known as “the longest art gallery in the world.”

It looks like it can’t be real, but I’m going to take the people at NASA at their word.

A good guidebook can go a long way towards making or breaking a trip, but the best travel experiences still come with the thrill of discovery attached: secret spots known only to locals, with directions sketched out in hand-drawn maps.

Denver is up and running after a major blizzard grounded flights and stranded passengers last week. To understand what it takes to put an international air hub into the deep freeze, check out this bird’s-eye image of the snowbound facilities.

Flickr user michael_hughes had a very clever idea for a photoset: images of tchotchkes and photos of famous international landmarks carefully lined up in place of the originals. It’s so meta.