Jelgava, Latvia
The Family Vault of the Dukes of Courland
The Jelgava Palace holds one of the few burial places of governor’s dynasties that is open to the public.
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Jelgava, Latvia
The Jelgava Palace holds one of the few burial places of governor’s dynasties that is open to the public.
Xilitla, Mexico
This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.
Mantua, Italy
Inside the small garden of two mid-century apartment buildings stands a centuries-old bell tower, separated from its original church and hidden from view.
Melbourne, Australia
A poignant memorial to remember the Australian nurses who lost their lives during the Second World War.
Nashville, Tennessee
Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.
Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales
Neolithic burial chambers hidden beside a village school.
Eamont Bridge, England
An impressive Neolithic henge with banks nearly 10 feet high.
London, England
The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.
Brandy Station, Virginia
This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.
Vale de Nogueiras, Portugal
This Gallo-Roman sanctuary is dedicated to Serápis, god of the underworld.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Bordeaux, France
Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.
Bordeaux, France
This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.
Larrivière-Saint-Savin, France
This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.
Capbreton, France
Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
Aureilhan, France
Winston Churchill painted this lake during his stay Woolsack Castle in the Landes forest.
La Teste-de-Buch, France
Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.
Hamburg, Germany
A charming and enigmatic sculpture of a lynx haunts the park of Kellinghusen.
Shreveport, Louisiana
From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.
Brunswick, Australia
This statue commemorates a special connection between ancient Greece and the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.
Nuremberg, Germany
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.
Union, Illinois
At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.