Ar Rass, Saudi Arabia
Al Shinanah Historical Tower
This tower has survived the times despite being composed of mud and camel hair.
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Ar Rass, Saudi Arabia
This tower has survived the times despite being composed of mud and camel hair.
Park Hills, Missouri
Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.
St. Cloud, Minnesota
The history of central Minnesota under one roof.
Austinville, Virginia
This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.
London, England
Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.
San Francisco, California
Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.
Brooklyn, New York
This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.
Pie Town, New Mexico
This popular pitstop lives up to its name.
Rivington, England
This 20th-century replica of a 13th-century castle has itself fallen into ruin.
Clarkdale, Arizona
An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.
Lund, Sweden
The Lund University's former gym houses a museum focusing on the creative process of art.
Juneau, Alaska
Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.
Salem, New York
This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.
Bhardaha, Nepal
This structure, built more than 60 years ago to manage devastating seasonal floods, is known to attract a rare species of freshwater dolphin.
Cushendall, Northern Ireland
The father of Belfast medicine is buried in the graveyard of this 13th-century church, which now lies in ruins.
Gainesville, Florida
This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.
Rome, Italy
In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.
Mexico City, Mexico
Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.
Cusco, Peru
Reclaimed material from a convent destroyed by cannonfire was used to build parts of this 19th-century cemetery.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.
Padernello, Italy
A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.
Munich, Germany
On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.
Kilwinning, Scotland
Now in ruins, this abbey was the home of Tironensian monks for more than 400 years.
Victor, Colorado
A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.