Schenectady, New York
Vedder Family Cemetery
The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.
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Schenectady, New York
The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.
Garraf, Spain
This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.
Aachen, Germany
A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.
Dubuque, Iowa
The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.
San Felipe, Mexico
During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.
Lombard, Illinois
People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.
Tucson, Arizona
A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.
Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain
Remnants of the rich history of fish salting in this ancient Mediterranean port town.
Eisenach, Germany
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
Borgo a Mozzano, Italy
The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.
Wentworth, England
The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.
Québec City, Québec
A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.
Asheville, North Carolina
This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.
Guadalajara, Mexico
This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.
Cromford, England
The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana.
Palm Desert, California
A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.
Lincoln, England
The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.
San Marcos, Texas
Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.
Saint Andrews, New Brunswick
A small Canadian town founded as a refuge for Loyalists following American Independence.
Grantsville, Maryland
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
Panguitch, Utah
Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.
Saint Andrews, New Brunswick
A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.
Agrilos, Greece
A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.