Southampton, England
Gods House Tower
A prison, gun store and more over its life, the history here is fascinating over three floors.
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Southampton, England
A prison, gun store and more over its life, the history here is fascinating over three floors.
Cork, Ireland
One of the finest surviving Irish tower houses, with 17th-century cannonball scars still lodged in the wall above the entrance.
Dorgali, Italy
It is an ancient giant’s grave!
London, England
Tucked away amongst Leadenhall Market’s cobbled passageways is a whimsical little (literally) attraction.
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
An eclectic and whimsical building, the product of its creator’s imagination.
Chilliwack, British Columbia
The guest rooms in this hotel are a tiny castle, a ship built into a tower, and an underground burrow.
Kuji, Japan
You can fulfill your childhood dream of becoming a paleontologist by digging for your own amber fossils.
Coventry, Rhode Island
A former Colonial home and Inn, restored and furnished in the period-style.
Rīga, Latvia
A somber place of memory and reflection, that tells the story of Riga's Jewish community before and during World War II.
Paris, France
This funerary monument to the guillotined king and queen of France became a political lightning rod and a site of pilgrimage for French monarchists.
Dawson City, Yukon
A surviving Klondike Gold Rush-era log cabin that was dismantled log by log to save it, and can still be stayed in today.
Çavuşin, Turkey
A 1600-year-old church carved into the rock, with painted frescoes from 900.
Portsmouth, England
This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.
Nice, France
The last remaining example of a painted house from the medieval period in Nice.
Woodside, California
Nestled among towering redwoods on Skyline Boulevard, the Mountain House combines over a century of California history with a warm, rustic atmosphere that makes every meal feel like a getaway.
Woodside, California
This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.
Shropshire, England
A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”
Bremen, Germany
This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.
Bristol, England
This kaleidoscopic structure is perhaps Bristol’s most unusual temple
Durham, England
Discover the unique history of Durham from the 14th century to the present day.
Williamsburg, Virginia
This park offers one of the easiest ways to paddle into a Chesapeake landscape that has looked much the same for centuries.
Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown’s grandest colonial home still wears the scars of the siege that helped end the American Revolution.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Each tide uncovers a shoreline where Virginia’s prehistoric past washes up.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Amid miles of wooded trails lies the story of one of America’s earliest free Black communities.