L'Aquila, Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio
Seven centuries ago, its holy door opened for a forgiveness procession ritual that was later "copied" by the formal Catholic Jubilee.
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L'Aquila, Italy
Seven centuries ago, its holy door opened for a forgiveness procession ritual that was later "copied" by the formal Catholic Jubilee.
Zelienople, Pennsylvania
The first burial place of the Harmonist Society, a utopian community for which the surrounding town of Harmony is named.
Washington, D.C.
The house where Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.
Tynemouth, England
Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.
Oosterend, Netherlands
A storm shelter built for survivors of shipwrecks.
Campeche, Mexico
A well was built by the Spanish before their conquest of Mexico.
Westminster, California
The heart of Little Saigon in Orange County is also the first and largest Vietnamese shopping center in the U.S.
Taipei, Taiwan
A Japanese-era Shinto shrine next to Taipei's most famous night market.
Collegedale, Tennessee
This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.
Rome, Italy
Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.
Newchurch-in-Pendle, England
This mysterious eye has a debated purpose.
Poolesville, Maryland
The old building has been restored to its 1907 appearance.
Istria, Romania
Once a thriving Greek port, now a windswept ruin lost to time.
Columbus, Ohio
A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.
Nara, Japan
A raised Japanese building has preserved 8th-century artifacts for more than a millennium, earning this log cabin a reputation as the "world's oldest museum."
Tlaxcala, Mexico
Twenty-four works by the last great Mexican muralist tell the story of Tlaxcala.
West Virginia
Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.
Modena, Italy
Archeologists can't decide if these two hand-holding skeletons were brothers or lovers.
Osaka, Japan
The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.
Viterbo, Italy
For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.
London, England
The oldest surviving “eel, pie, and mash” shop in London is renowned for its infamous jellied eels.
New York, New York
This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.
London, England
This site was once home to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh’s largest and most detailed model train display began as one WWI veteran’s hobby.