Washington, D.C.
Baptist Alley
This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.
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Washington, D.C.
This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.
Cardiff, Wales
This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.
Nashville, Tennessee
The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.
Imola, Italy
Also known as "Hell Alley," this tiny street in Imola gained its name in a bloody episode in the 16th-century.
Boston, Massachusetts
This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.
Veroli, Italy
A Roman calendar dating to the first century is tucked away in a small town alley.
Cervera, Spain
A signal indicates the entrance to this alley, rumored to be a meeting place for witches.
Birmingham, England
A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.
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.
Miami, Florida
A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.
Uozu-shi, Japan
Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.
Rome, Italy
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Boulder, Colorado
The clock that sets them all.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Riga, Latvia
A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.
Berlin, Germany
Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.
Manila, Philippines
This piece of the Berlin Wall symbolizes the shared German and Filipino struggles for freedom.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
A tiny museum dedicated to the world’s tallest true giant sits on an island he never set foot on.
Gibraltar
Engineering ingenuity during the battle of Gibraltar.
Brussels, Belgium
The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.
Hakui, Japan
This “forbidden” sanctuary has managed to preserve a unique, ancient ecosystem.