Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Alexander Hamilton Birthplace
Alexander Hamilton, a founding father for the United States, was an immigrant and born on Nevis.
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Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Alexander Hamilton, a founding father for the United States, was an immigrant and born on Nevis.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
Yerevan, Armenia
Hidden 2600-year-old Urartian tomb is located in close proximity to a busy shopping mall.
Talavera de la Reina, Spain
For centuries, one side of this basilica has integrated local archaeological finds.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A unique shopping and dining park created from old shipping containers and filled with local businesses.
Athens, Greece
Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.
Oka, Guam
The forgotten site of Guam’s first civilian hospital, where crumbling concrete foundations overlook the sea.
Hamburg, Germany
A small stone boy mischievously turns his backside toward the city’s most famous water carrier.
Leiden, Netherlands
The west's first Japanese museum and the origin of East Asian studies.
Glossop, England
Mediaeval cross marking an old Roman ridgeway on the top of moors in the Peak District.
Dijon, France
A forgotten stone skeleton of medieval Dijon slumbers beneath the feet of unsuspecting museum visitors.
Xian Shi, China
A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.
Valencia, Spain
Across Valencia lie the remains of three ancient fortifications built centuries apart: a Roman enclosure, an Islamic expansion, and a medieval Christian wall.
Hong Kong
26 Chinese banyan trees cling dramatically to a stone wall, overhanging the street below.
Dolton, Illinois
Before the Vatican, there was Dolton: This is the childhood home of the first American pope.
Glasgow, Scotland
A tongue-in-cheek marker at the place where Robert Barr supposedly created Scotland’s favorite soft drink.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Vale do Sol, Brazil
A living folk-art atelier where a Brazilian self-taught artist is building one of the largest lion sculptures in the world.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Liverpool, England
A neoclassical crypt hides under Liverpool’s modernist cathedral.
Madrid, Spain
A tunnel commissioned by ‘the Intruder King’ to escape from the palace if there were problems.
Hugglescote, England
An obscure roundabout modeled on the Death Star from “Star Wars.”
Bochum, Germany
The world’s largest museum dedicated to mining, complete with an underground show cave.