Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Interhotel Veliko Tarnovo
A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.
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Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.
Leonardtown, Maryland
The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.
Seattle, Washington
Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.
Baltimore, Maryland
The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.
Anakie, Australia
This slightly spooky yet nostalgic theme park claims to be the first of its kind in Australia.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.
Tambon Mueang Phan, Thailand
An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.
Rheinsberg, Germany
This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.
Turkey
At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.
Maldon, Australia
These two large, rusting pieces of machinery are relics of Australia’s gold mining past.
Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain
A statue commemorating the island's tradition of dancing dwarves in Napoleon hats.
La Palma, Spain
Behind this pair of dragon trees, there is a tragic story of lost love.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
An icon of International Style architecture on the outskirts of Rotterdam.
Palermo, Italy
A network of underground water channels that dates back to the Middle Ages.
Peenemünde, Germany
This 1960's Soviet submarine in Peenemünde Harbor claims to be the largest submarine museum in the world.
South Hobart, Australia
The forgotten and tragic story of the thousands of female convicts forcibly transported to Tasmania is told inside the ruins of this notorious 19th-century workhouse.
Venice, Italy
An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.
El Hierro, Spain
An open-air museum showing how people on El Hierro lived from the time of the first settlers until the late 20th century.
Tainan City, Taiwan
A small museum dedicated to one of the most popular fish in Taiwanese cuisine.
Killin, Scotland
Cascading waterfalls mark the gateway to the ancient burial place of Clan Macnab.
Merek, Indonesia
One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.
Schwielowsee, Germany
Before he was forced to flee the country under Nazi rule, Albert Einstein spent his summers in this custom-built lakeside house near Berlin.