New York, New York
Charlotte Temple’s Grave
A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.
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New York, New York
A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.
Mexico City, Mexico
At this bright and vibrant museum in Mexico City, you can make your own custom scent.
Gustavus, Alaska
Crash site of a US National Guard C-47B plane that attempted to land at Gustavus airport in 1957 in bad weather.
Floyd, Virginia
Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.
Tabor, Czechia
Hidden tunnels have sheltered the people of a Czech town for centuries.
Tsinandali, Georgia
In the garden of a Georgia museum, without any explanation, is a monumental head of the Communist icon.
Nakhon Luang, Thailand
These palatial ruins said to be inspired by Cambodia's Angkor Wat have been turned into a significant religious temple.
Hong Kong
Behind Hong Kong Stadium stands a memorial to one of the city’s most tragic disasters.
Huntsville, Alabama
The quiet resting place of a rock and roll legend.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Lay, a fiery abolitionist, is buried outside the Quaker meeting house that disowned him for his beliefs.
Istanbul, Turkey
A massive marble pedestal is all that remains of a column that towered over Constantinople for 1300 years.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This museum shaped like a manuscript tells how the seven kingdoms combined to form a single desert nation.
Easton, England
Amid the ruins of a church on the British island of Portland, a surprising symbol among the headstones.
Kořenov, Czechia
In a lighthouse by a vanished sea stands a museum for a man who never existed.
Dalat, Vietnam
Under a breathtaking Buddhist temple in Vietnam is a basement exhibit that takes visitors to hell and back.
Stahovica, Slovenia
An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
The only Native American intaglio left in Wisconsin.
Cannes, France
A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.
Milan, Italy
Invented in the mid-19th century, this machine could send copied images via telegraph lines.
Urbana, Illinois
The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.
London, England
Art under your feet honors the history of a working-class London neighborhood.
La Oliva, Spain
This kaleidoscopic house may be the most bizarre on the island of Fuerteventura.
Siersthal, France
Tour part of the Maginot Line bunker system built to defend France against a German invasion.