Côn Đảo, Vietnam
Grave of Võ Thị Sáu
Executed at age 19, this Vietnamese schoolgirl is now a national hero and symbol of revolutionary spirit.
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Côn Đảo, Vietnam
Executed at age 19, this Vietnamese schoolgirl is now a national hero and symbol of revolutionary spirit.
Côn Đảo, Vietnam
The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.
Fountain City, Wisconsin
Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”
Dublin, Ireland
The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.
Dublin, Ireland
A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."
Montreal, Québec
A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.
Montreal, Québec
This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.
Montreal, Québec
The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.
Montreal, Québec
A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.
Montreal, Québec
One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.
Montreal, Québec
Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.
Montreal, Québec
One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.
Montreal, Québec
Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.
Montreal, Québec
Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.
Seoul, South Korea
Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.
Seoul, South Korea
Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.
Seoul, South Korea
A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.
Seoul, South Korea
Only a few pieces remain of a grand 16th-century water clock that once announced the changing hours with the sound of bells, gongs, and drums.
Seoul, South Korea
The site where the Emperor of Korea performed the long-forbidden "rite of heaven" to demonstrate his absolute sovereignty.
Seoul, South Korea
Children’s timeless joy is remembered in the fast-developing Myeongdong district of Seoul.
Seoul, South Korea
About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.
Seoul, South Korea
A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Paju, South Korea
The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.