Stockholm, Sweden
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Spring Hill, Florida
A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.
Oslo, Norway
Centuries before masks and sanitizer, Oslo’s oldest public monument remembers its last plague dead.
Mossel Bay, South Africa
A large collection of irons and washing machines dedicated to the memory of a lost daughter.
Ishinomaki, Japan
A school destroyed by fire and tsunami simultaneously is preserved as a memorial.
Christchurch, New Zealand
A mosaic armchair and ottoman built from china broken in the Christchurch earthquakes.
Nashville, Tennessee
In 1912, a broken section of the reservoir wall released millions of gallons of water and destroyed many homes downhill.
Mdina, Malta
See Malta’s history through the recreation of scenes of torture using life-sized mannequins in a former medieval dungeon.
Green Cove Springs, Florida
The second oldest jail in Florida gives insight into the realities of the criminal justice system at the turn of the 20th century.
Denbigh, Wales
A look into the life of a Victorian-era prisoner.
Guildford, England
This Edwardian workhouse tells a harrowing story of those who were forced to trade hard labor for lodging.
Ararat, Australia
Now a museum, this was once a prison facility and a hospital for the “criminally insane.”
Hong Kong
One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.
Scenic, South Dakota
The empty town of Scenic, South Dakota, is owned by a church in the Philippines.
Pentidattilo, Italy
A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.
Malo Grablje, Croatia
This deserted town in the hills of Croatia’s "party island" may have a scandalous connection to King Henry VIII.
Argonne, South Dakota
Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.
Armero, Colombia
A town half-submerged in volcanic mud has become a pilgrimage site for devotees of one of the tragedy's victims.
West Palm Beach, Florida
This historic site situated in the Northwood shores neighborhood houses the remains of a forgotten town.
Capa, South Dakota
A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.
Vernon, Nevada
A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.
Mogollon, New Mexico
Once a mining boom town, Mogollon’s well-preserved buildings are tucked away in the mountains of the Gila National Forest.
Nothing, Arizona
Nothing to see here.
Sweden
This oak has seen Vikings, the Black Death, and world wars pass but refuses to give up.