Edmonton, Alberta
West Edmonton Mall
This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.
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Edmonton, Alberta
This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Mooresville, North Carolina
Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Burnsville, North Carolina
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
San Diego, California
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
Lemon Grove, California
The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.
Rome, Italy
A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Vatican City
These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Rome, Italy
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Rome, Italy
This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.