Pisa, Italy
National Museum of San Matteo
Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.
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Pisa, Italy
Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 15th-century structure had a long, tortuous journey to its current location.
Athens, Greece
These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.
Dublin, Ireland
This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.
Baltasound, Scotland
This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Boston, Massachusetts
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.
Kanab, Utah
This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.
Washington, D.C.
Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Newport, Rhode Island
The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
Newport, Rhode Island
The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.