Keld, England
Swaledale Corpse Way
A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.
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Keld, England
A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.
Cadillac, Michigan
A series of 33 stone markers maps an ancient 55-mile transportation route.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.
Red Hook, New York
A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.
Musteika, Lithuania
A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.
Volos, Greece
This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.
Rye, New Hampshire
Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.
Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.
Everett, Pennsylvania
Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.
Aden, Yemen
The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.
New York, New York
This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.
Przhevalsk, Kyrgyzstan
This museum is dedicated to one of Russia's greatest explorers.
Haroldswick, Scotland
Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.
Bucak, Turkey
A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.
Lorton, Virginia
This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.
Darlington, Maryland
Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.
Cambridge, Maryland
This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.
Hobart, Australia
The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
Malton, England
A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.
Alcorcón, Spain
A historic castle that served as a backdrop to part of an elaborate extraterrestrial hoax.
Ta Pek, Thailand
This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.