History

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

A historic cave in Scotland once served as a hiding place for a famous Covenanter.

The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.

Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.