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The Ruins

Indianapolis, Indiana

The Ruins

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

Benjamin Harrison tomb

Indianapolis, Indiana

Benjamin Harrison Gravesite

Why would a Civil War general and president choose to be buried in a local Indianapolis graveyard and not Arlington National Cemetery?

Elvis Presley Final Concert Plaque

Indianapolis, Indiana

Elvis Presley Final Concert Plaque

A monument to the King's final show, complete with a time capsule.

John Dillinger's grave.

Indianapolis, Indiana

John Dillinger's Grave

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

Josephinum Medical Museum

Vienna, Austria

Josephinum Medical Museum

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

Old Wehrmann in Eisen statue in Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Wehrmann in Eisen Nail Man

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

Habsburg Imperial Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Habsburg Imperial Crypt

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The Kneeling Jew with Orpheus Enters Hades behind.

Vienna, Austria

Memorial Against War and Fascism

Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.

Vienna Grand Ferris Wheel

Vienna, Austria

Vienna Grand Ferris Wheel

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Ruins of a blubber oven in Smeerenburg.

Amsterdam Island, Norway

Smeerenburg Blubber Ovens

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

Original cemetery, now abandoned

Longyearbyen, Norway

Longyearbyen

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Beer tasting at the brewery.

Longyearbyen, Norway

Svalbard Bryggeri

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

The entrace to Svalbard's Global Seed Vault.

Svalbard, Norway

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

Devils' Museum

Kaunas, Lithuania

Devils' Museum

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy

Kaunas, Lithuania

Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

Frontside of the house

Boston, Massachusetts

The Paul Revere House

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

The Rainbow Hall

Lookout Mountain, Georgia

Rock City

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The Front Door.

Salem, Massachusetts

Joshua Ward House

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

Lyceum Hall

Salem, Massachusetts

Lyceum Hall

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

Sachem Iyannough Monument

Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sachem Iyannough Monument

A sculpture in Hyannis commemorates Chief Sachem Iyannough of the Mattachiest tribe.

A statue at KattenKabinet

Amsterdam, Netherlands

KattenKabinet

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Fremantle Prison

Fremantle, Australia

Fremantle Prison

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.

Amsterdam Holocaust Memorial

Amsterdam, Netherlands

National Holocaust Monument

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

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