Montgomery, Alabama
Civil Rights Memorial
Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.
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Montgomery, Alabama
Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.
Riverdale, Georgia
A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.
Lithia Springs, Georgia
The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Atlanta, Georgia
This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.
Atlanta, Georgia
This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.
Atlanta, Georgia
The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Jerusalem, Israel
The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.
Jerusalem, Israel
Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.
East Jerusalem, Israel
A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Mikonos, Greece
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.