Greensboro, North Carolina
Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
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Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Madison, North Carolina
The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.
Souda, Greece
1,500 Commonwealth servicemen of World War II are buried or commemorated in this cemetery.
San Juan, Philippines
The only remaining section of an aqueduct that used to supply water to Manila during the Spanish occupation.
Manila, Philippines
This historic Art Deco building embellished with local tropical fruits had fallen into disrepair before a recent restoration.
Cebu City, Philippines
This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.
Sierra Bullones, Philippines
Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.
Corella, Philippines
A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Chania, Greece
This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.
London, England
An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
London, England
The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.
London, England
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
London, England
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.
London, England
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.