Krusevo, North Macedonia
The Kruševo Makedonium
Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.
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Krusevo, North Macedonia
Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.
Opa-locka, Florida
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Santa Clara, Cuba
This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.
Brest, Belarus
Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Bermuda
Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
Bermuda
The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.
Bermuda
Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.
Grenada
Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
Santa Cruz, Aruba
A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.
Lima, Peru
The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
Kish, Iran
Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.
Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary
These 13th century documents come housed in 18th century shelves organized by a 19th century historian.
Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.
Quthing, Lesotho
This odd little home was built right into an African rock face.
Jasenovac, Croatia
Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.
Chobe, Botswana
There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.
Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.