Somerville, Massachusetts
Prospect Hill Tower
This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.
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Somerville, Massachusetts
This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.
Llangoed, Wales
A little-known castle set in a nature reserve.
Prestonpans, Scotland
Reportedly the "most handsome" market cross in Scotland.
Miskolc, Hungary
This castle played host to the largest great hall found in medieval Central Europe.
Elberta, Utah
This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Rodalquilar, Spain
This abandoned gold mine found a second life as a post-apocalyptic film set.
Pullman, Washington
A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.
Dawson City, Yukon
A lasting testament to the Klondike Gold Rush.
London, England
Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.
Hakone, Japan
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
Hakone, Japan
Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.
Salamanca, New York
This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.
Basingstoke, England
At this historic pub, you can sit back, sip, and watch a whole century go by.
Taupō, New Zealand
Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.
Cardross, Scotland
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Renfrewshire, Scotland
This stone was once used by druids to determine a person's innocence or guilt.
Rome, Italy
Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Sevierville, Tennessee
While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.
Paris, France
A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.