Longwood, Saint Helena
Longwood House
Napoleon’s home in exile, decorated with poisonous wallpaper.
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Longwood, Saint Helena
Napoleon’s home in exile, decorated with poisonous wallpaper.
Paarl, South Africa
The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.
Sir Lowry's Pass, South Africa
These 250-year-old wagon tracks are a lasting sign of Dutch migrants crossing the mountains.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.
New London, Connecticut
New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.
Hastings, England
Tradition says that William the Conqueror dined on this stone after landing his Norman invasion fleet nearby.
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.
Rapa Nui, Chile
This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.
Matamata, New Zealand
This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.
Okains Bay, New Zealand
One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.
Castle Hill, New Zealand
The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."
Ashburton Lakes, New Zealand
Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Istanbul, Turkey
This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
Rome, Italy
An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.
Rome, Italy
This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.
Tallinn, Estonia
Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.