Lincoln, England
Lincoln Tank Memorial
The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.
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Lincoln, England
The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
This jail once controlled by the Japanese military now sits abandoned on a remote Pacific island.
West Stockwith, England
In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Panguitch, Utah
Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.
Lecce, Italy
One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.
Lumpkin, Georgia
Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Silver City, Georgia
The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.
Summerville, Georgia
Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.
Lithia Springs, Georgia
The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.
White, Georgia
One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.
Nakhl, Oman
An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.
Quriyat, Oman
This giant underground cave chamber can only be accessed through a small opening at the top.
Florence, Italy
Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.
San Gimignano, Italy
Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Lonaconing, Maryland
A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.
Millburn, New Jersey
These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.
Kyiv, Ukraine
The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.
Agrilos, Greece
A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.
Sanremo, Italy
An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.
Darmstadt, Germany
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.