White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Congressional Fallout Shelter at the Greenbrier Resort
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
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White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.
Lansing, West Virginia
In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Danese, West Virginia
This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.
Pueblo, Colorado
This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.
Pueblo, Colorado
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.
Denver, Colorado
These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.
Paris, France
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Brussels, Belgium
A bronze statue of the fictional character nicknamed "Mrs. Hat" from a beloved Belgian comedy.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.
Paris, France
A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.
Brussels, Belgium
A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.