Carnac, France
Carnac Stones
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
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Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Rosscarbery, Ireland
One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Lovell, Wyoming
Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.
Örencik, Turkey
This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Çumra, Turkey
The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.
Margate, England
Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
New York, New York
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
New York, New York
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
New York, New York
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
New York, New York
Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.
New York, New York
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.
New York, New York
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
Staten Island, New York
Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.
Staten Island, New York
The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.
Staten Island, New York
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
New York, New York
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
New York, New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.