Bethesda, Maryland
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Bethesda, Maryland
FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt
One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Delos, Greece
Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.
Istanbul, Turkey
Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Marlborough, England
Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Washington, D.C.
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Hohenwald, Tennessee
This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.