History

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.