Savannah, Georgia
Dotson Runway Graves
Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.
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Savannah, Georgia
Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.
Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona
This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.
Khndzoresk, Armenia
Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.
Russia
The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.
Hong Kong
A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
Russia
Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.
Trinidad, Colorado
The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.
New York, New York
A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
Risoul, France
Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Oymyakonsky District, Russia
The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.
Ravenna, Italy
Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Steingrímsfjörður, Iceland
A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Ethiopia
An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.
Maui County, Hawaii
This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.
Jerusalem, Israel
This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.
Waiotapu, New Zealand
This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.
Yuchi Township, Taiwan
This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Pernambuco, Brazil
The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.