Eastham, Massachusetts
First Encounter Beach Plaque
This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.
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Eastham, Massachusetts
This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.
Glossop, England
The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.
Barnburgh, England
Mysterious stone faces line a hidden path great for seeing wildflowers, bird watching, and rock climbing.
Tsugaru, Japan
A train station decorated by a giant replica of the ancient Shakōki-dogū figurine found in the area.
Soja, Japan
A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.
Sirogojno, Serbia
This historical village takes you back to the 19th century.
Inuyama, Japan
A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.
Manchester, New Hampshire
New Hampshire's most beloved war hero lived out his retirement in this peaceful homestead.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.
Warsaw, Poland
The last king of Poland was interred in this church nearly 200 years after his death.
York, England
When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.
Athens, Greece
A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.
Nikko, Japan
Is this cat asleep or just pretending?
Sigtuna, Sweden
Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.
Big Rapids, Michigan
A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.
East Lothian, Scotland
A historic fortification critical to Anglo-Scottish conflicts now serves as a bed and breakfast.
Kushiro, Japan
This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.
Saugatuck, Michigan
This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.
Utrera, Spain
The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.
Segovia, Spain
These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.
Orchard, Colorado
In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.
Savovo, Serbia
This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.
Nikko, Japan
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.