Darmstadt, Germany
Waldkunstpfad
A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.
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Darmstadt, Germany
A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.
Vernazza, Italy
On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.
Springfield, Virginia
The last early 20th-century schoolhouse in Fairfax County has galvanized the community and engendered a spirit of service among residents.
Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France
A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.
Junction, Texas
A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.
Prague, Czechia
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Austin, Texas
A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.
Bingen, Germany
The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Chevy Chase, Maryland
The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.
Washington, D.C.
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
Lewes, Delaware
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Northern Mariana Islands
The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.
LaPlace, Louisiana
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Paju, South Korea
A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Kyiv, Ukraine
One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Schipkau, Germany
The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.
Rosscarbery, Ireland
One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.