Fredericksburg, Virginia
Monument to the Angel of Marye's Heights
The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.
New York, New York
A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Williamsburg, Virginia
America's first public mental health facility.
Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.
Alexandria, Virginia
An original apothecary from 1792.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Whitehaven, England
Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Tighnabruaich, Scotland
Built during the Scottish boom in the oil industry, the village was never inhabited.
Glasgow, Scotland
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
Cardross, Scotland
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Torwood, Scotland
The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.
Dalmally, Scotland
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Kielder, England
England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Melrose, Scotland
This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.