Mantua, Italy
Villa La Favorita
The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.
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Mantua, Italy
The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.
Liverpool, England
This stone once marked the boundaries of Liverpool's medieval markets.
Shiroishi, Japan
A town's namesake rock has served as a spiritual matchmaker for hundreds of years.
Loriga, Portugal
A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.
Graford, Texas
The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.
Columbus, New Mexico
This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.
Stockholm, Sweden
A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.
Garderhouse, Scotland
The main feature of these gardens is a rarity in the northernmost part of Scotland: trees.
Iron Mountain, Michigan
Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.
São Bento do Canto, Portugal
This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.
Napa, California
Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.
Athens, Greece
These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Brandy Station, Virginia
At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.
Essex, England
This crumbling coast and its teetering tower are literally filled with history, but they are also at great risk of becoming history themselves.
Andong, South Korea
The largest and oldest brick pagoda in Korea.
Collinsville, California
This cabin once belonged to one of California's original settlers.
Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.
Heysham, England
These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.