Jordan
Qasr Amra
A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.
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Jordan
A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.
Amman, Jordan
One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.
Manningtree, England
This sculpture pays homage to Shakespeare and his reference to a Manningtree tradition.
Coventry, England
This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.
Arzachena, Italy
Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.
Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain
Two 2,500-year-old Phoenician boats found on the coast of Spain, giving incredible insight into the ancient maritime traders.
Derby, England
This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.
Moenjodaro, Pakistan
This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.
Hillah, Iraq
Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
New London, Connecticut
New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.
Stillwater, New York
A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.
East Haddam, Connecticut
One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.
New York, New York
A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Brooklyn, New York
The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.
Concord, Massachusetts
One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.
Oaxaca, Mexico
One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.
Kirnitzschtal, Germany
A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.
Glasgow, Scotland
These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.
Kvam, Norway
Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.
Rome, Italy
One of Rome's most picturesque and original bridges was also a popular choice for Grand Tour artists.