Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSU Campus Mounds
These 11,000-year-old mounds may be the oldest known human-made structures in the Americas.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
These 11,000-year-old mounds may be the oldest known human-made structures in the Americas.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Waterfalls, rapids, and top-notch swimming spots await in this densely forested corner of the Smokies.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
This cultural center showcases what may be the oldest ongoing community in all of North America.
Aarhus, Denmark
This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.
Francisco Uh May, Mexico
Hidden in the jungle is a botanical ‘Barbapa dream’ art center in the Yucatan rainforest.
Prescott, Arizona
This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.
Buckeye, Arizona
Get up close to a life-sized model of a spent-fuel dry cask and learn how Arizona’s largest power plant operates in a desert.
Eyam, England
This 8-foot Anglo-Saxon cross is a rare surviving example of Mercian craftsmanship.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
The Hague, Netherlands
The world's largest private telescope collection hides in a secret wing of a Dutch auto museum.
Canterbury, England
This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.
Canterbury, England
A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.
Kilgetty, Wales
Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.
London, England
This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.
London, England
The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.
London, England
The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Inside this metro station is a section of the city's former medieval fortification.