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Katoghike Church today, with the new St. Anna Church behind it.

Yerevan, Armenia

Katoghike Church

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

Marie Curie's Tree

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

Mausoleo de Artigas.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Mausoleo de Artigas

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.

Black Tulip Museum main entrance.

Lisse, Netherlands

Black Tulip Museum

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

Torcello Bell Tower

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

The last known Carville house.

San Francisco, California

Last Known Carville House

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

The ruins of the ancient city of Ur, in present-day Iraq.

objects of intrigue

How to Get Your Laundry Done in Ancient Mesopotamia

A humorous dialogue between a cleaner and customer, useful to both ancient scribes and modern scholars.

Noor Al-Samarrai February 6, 2019

Estadio Centenario in 2017.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Estadio Centenario

This historic stadium was built to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup.

The Canaletto Room

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

Nottingham, England

Green's Mill

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

The Roman theater seen from Amman Citadel.

Roman Theater of Amman

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

The path along the Tom Moody Trail that leads to the waterfall at Picture Canyon.

Flagstaff, Arizona

Picture Canyon

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Ventotene.

Ventotene, Italy

Ventotene

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.

Bridgend, Wales

St. John's House

This 500-year-old Tudor home is a treasure trove of history and mystery.

Los Angeles, California

Highland Park Bowl

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Inside the tunnel.

Payson, Arizona

Abandoned Mineral Belt Railroad Tunnel

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

At Bletchley Park, teacups were a bone of contention.

During WWII, Bletchley Park Was Home to Codebreaking and Tea Shenanigans

Staff at "Station X" threw their teacups into lakes and stuffed them into hedges.

Allan Richarz January 31, 2019

The Quarter Boys and their message.

East Sussex, England

The Quarter Boys

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.