Washington, D.C.
Gallery O on H Street
Behind a row of ordinary D.C. houses hides a labyrinth of interconnected art galleries filled with unusual treasures and outsider art.
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Washington, D.C.
Behind a row of ordinary D.C. houses hides a labyrinth of interconnected art galleries filled with unusual treasures and outsider art.
Cork, Ireland
One of the finest surviving Irish tower houses, with 17th-century cannonball scars still lodged in the wall above the entrance.
Aurora, Colorado
A tiny historic cemetery located in the parking lot of a shopping complex.
Chilliwack, British Columbia
The guest rooms in this hotel are a tiny castle, a ship built into a tower, and an underground burrow.
Tây Sơn, Vietnam
Built upon the ancestral homeland of Vietnam's most legendary peasant uprising, this dynamic museum preserves centuries-old relics and thunderous battle arts tied to Emperor Quang Trung.
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
An eclectic and whimsical building, the product of its creator’s imagination.
Philipstown, New York
Current hiking trail which includes the path Benedict Arnold followed before his treason was discovered.
Forest Grove, Oregon
It stands tall, honoring the town’s nickname of Ballad Town USA, while paying tribute to the city’s rich history of barbershop quartet singing.
Durham, North Carolina
Reachable only by foot, the ruins of the 1800s pump house and dam that supplied water to Durham, North Carolina, until 1927 sit by the scenic Eno River.
Luarca, Spain
This museum, which had to relocate in 2014 after being devastated by a storm at sea, houses the best collection of cephalopods in Asturias.
An Nhon Bac, Vietnam
Perched atop a lonely 76-meter hill overlooking the plains, this 12th-century Cham sanctuary was historically dubbed the Golden Tower by French scholars due to the warm, glowing hue of its ancient bricks.
Mumbai, India
A grand old heritage arch stands near the entrance of a hospital.
Fernandina Beach, Florida
An illuminating look at Fernandina Beach’s industrial past at a one-time train depot.
Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church is one of seven remaining churches with a complete collection of Tiffany Windows.
Kleinmachnow, Germany
A witty art installation in an abandoned gas station that became obsolete due to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Dorgali, Italy
It is an ancient giant’s grave!
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
A red-brick former uranium-ore sorting facility, located within a communist-era forced-labour camp.
Amersfoort, Netherlands
An entire street built on the foundation of the first wall of Amersfoort. It has 61 national heritage sites in the street itself.
Beek-Ubbergen, Netherlands
Open-air museum of eleven landscapes (ten Dutch ones plus a British one) in miniature.
Budapest, Hungary
When the water level in the Danube in central Budapest is low enough, there is a secret site telling the history of one of the most iconic bridges of the city.
Havana, Cuba
It is an old prison, lighthouse, and castle once used to guard the port in Havana, Cuba
Laguna, New Mexico
A family-owned and operated cultural center, Native food stand, and store offering a taste of local Indigenous history.
Cairo, Egypt
This well-preserved Ottoman-era Cairene mansion hosts a facinating archive of Egyptian architecure, from the pharaohs and sultans to the modern day.
Paris, France
This funerary monument to the guillotined king and queen of France became a political lightning rod and a site of pilgrimage for French monarchists.