New Mexico
Trinity Atomic Bomb Site
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
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New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Lebanon, Kansas
Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Strasburg, North Dakota
The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Moscow, Russia
A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.
New Hyde Park, New York
This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Chartres, France
The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
Blois, France
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Montrichard Val de Cher, France
Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Oberwesel, Germany
Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.