Westminster, California
Mendez Historic Freedom Trail and Monument
A site dedicated to the civil rights case that helped desegregate schools in California.
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Westminster, California
A site dedicated to the civil rights case that helped desegregate schools in California.
Paris, France
An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.
Ichikawa, Japan
Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.
Senhora da Hora, Portugal
Once a thriving textile powerhouse, now a relic of what once was.
Sweden
In the Swedish forest stands a stone with a deadly inscription, promising ruin and death to whoever disturbs it.
Cabras, Italy
This isolated village has Hollywood fame and a church with underground structures that date to the pre-Christian period.
Wallenborn, Germany
A rare cold-water geyser that bubbles to life every half hour.
West Hollywood, California
The only World War II memorial in the United States dedicated to veterans of the former Soviet Union.
Lohja, Finland
Descend 100 meters underground to explore Finland’s mining history.
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
This former convent is where Mexico’s last emperor awaited execution.
Orton, England
One of Cumbria's largest stone circles, dating to the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.
Dublin, Ireland
Outside an Irish football stadium are murals commemorating history and local heroes.
Lakewood, Ohio
An oddities shop with incredible permanent displays on top of its collection of purchasable curiosities.
Caerphilly, Wales
This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Dublin, Ireland
A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.
Rome, Italy
A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.
Whitesboro, New York
A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.
London, England
The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.
Mexico City, Mexico
The Vietcong leader isn’t the only symbol of late 20th-century counterculture represented in this statue.
Köneürgench, Turkmenistan
A beautiful mausoleum is the crown jewel of a preserved ancient city in Central Asia.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Khaybar, Saudi Arabia
Prehistoric humans once used this sprawling lava tube network in the Saudi Arabian desert as shelter.
Plouarzel, France
This might be the world’s tallest Bronze Age standing stone.
Littlefield, Arizona
An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.