Chicago, Illinois
Rudolph Ganz Memorial Hall
From banquet hall to Masonic Lodge and now concert venue, Ganz Hall is a breathtaking glimpse of into the golden age of American architecture.
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Chicago, Illinois
From banquet hall to Masonic Lodge and now concert venue, Ganz Hall is a breathtaking glimpse of into the golden age of American architecture.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.
Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
Lindrith, New Mexico
A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.
Shanghai, China
The histories of modern Chinese literature and anti-Japanese resistance collide in this Shanghai park.
Palasë, Albania
Climb into Albania's communist history while enjoying a spectacular ocean view.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.
Saudarkrokur, Iceland
A geothermal pool in North Iceland that is said to be the bathing spot of the legendary Grettir the Strong.
Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland
Designed to inspire artists visiting the island.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
Mountain View, Missouri
The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.
Tokyo, Japan
Home to a collection of drums from around the world that allow visitors to play a tune.
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
Valkenburg, Netherlands
Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.
Salzburg, Austria
These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Porto, Portugal
Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
Birmingham, England
A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Magdeburg, Germany
This 17th-century "unicorn" was cobbled together from the skull of a rhinoceros, the legs of a mammoth, and the horn of a narwhal.
Stockholm, Sweden
The signatures of esteemed colleagues of the physicists who stopped by to attend lectures.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.
Ad Dilam, Saudi Arabia
A historic structure that once housed pigeons used by farmers to help fertilize farmland.