Kent, Ohio
Site of Kent State Shootings
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
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Kent, Ohio
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Titusville, Florida
The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.
Washington, D.C.
Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.
Columbus, Georgia
Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Dunure, Scotland
This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.
Laona, Wisconsin
This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Gokdepe, Turkmenistan
A memorial to the thousands of Turkmen soldiers and civilians who died in a bloody 1881 battle.
Weston, Massachusetts
This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.
Russia
Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Homestead, Florida
When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.
Mount Charleston, Nevada
A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Venice, Italy
This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
South Andaman, India
An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.