Des Moines, Iowa
Salisbury House & Gardens
Architectural elements and building materials for this house were transported from Salisbury, England.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Architectural elements and building materials for this house were transported from Salisbury, England.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Clearwater, Florida
An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.
Seaford, Australia
Designed by an artist known for his eccentric, satirical public works of art.
Pune, India
Dedicated to one of the greatest military minds of the Maratha Empire.
Zvërnec, Albania
One of 200 religious buildings recognized as a “culture monument.”
Glasgow, Scotland
A unique art installation located on what was once considered the widest railway bridge in the world.
Angola
In 1962, the ocean severed this peninsula—and the village that sat on it—from the Angolan mainland.
Kyoto, Japan
This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.
Brooklyn, New York
A miniature version of a legendary Dutch boulder.
Braddock, Pennsylvania
The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.
Guildford, England
This Edwardian workhouse tells a harrowing story of those who were forced to trade hard labor for lodging.
Markovščina, Slovenia
Deep underground, the rusting remains of a German water pumping station from World War II.
Orefield, Pennsylvania
America's oldest drive-in movie theater has been in continuous operation since 1934.
Key Largo, Florida
After a long career, a disastrous sinking, and a half-successful salvage, this Naval vessel-turned-artificial reef ended up exactly where she was supposed to—with a little help from nature.
London, England
One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.
Wormingford, England
Was the ravaging reptilian that terrorized this village a dragon, or an escapee from a London menagerie?
Key West, Florida
Six miles off the coast of Key West, a former military transport ship is now one of the largest artificial reefs in the world.
Paisley, Florida
Deep in the Ocala National Forest, a lonesome 19th-century grave.
Kittery, Maine
Despite its extensive history, this fort saw little to no combat.
Carefree, Arizona
Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.
Galway, Ireland
The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.
Morrison, Colorado
A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.
Sölvesborg, Sweden
One of the longest footbridges in Europe.