Lorton, Virginia
Stoney Lonesome Cemetery
A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.
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Lorton, Virginia
A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.
New York, New York
This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
An exploration of Malaysian heritage through the lens of traditional textiles.
Fairfax, Virginia
A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.
London, England
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
Junction, Texas
A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.
Baku, Azerbaijan
This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.
Bishop Auckland, England
Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.
Phoenix, Arizona
This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.
Annapolis, Maryland
A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.
Luderitz, Namibia
This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."
Silver Spring, Maryland
Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Cohoes, New York
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Canterbury, England
An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.
St. Petersburg, Florida
This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.
Leiden, Netherlands
This public toilet built in the famous Amsterdam School architectural style is a Dutch national monument.
Venice, Italy
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.
Queens, New York
A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."