Shipka, Bulgaria
Shipka Memorial Church
A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.
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Shipka, Bulgaria
A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
Stockholm, Sweden
Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.
Bellingham, Washington
An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.
Island Park, Idaho
A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Stockholm, Sweden
This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.
Telluride, Colorado
This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.
Grand Lake, Colorado
The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.
Littleton, Colorado
The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.
Arvada, Colorado
A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.