History

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

It is believed that the historic tower is sinking at a rate of an inch a year, though no one is completely sure why.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.