Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia
Woomera Ground Zero for British Atomic Tests
This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.
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Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia
This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.
Warnford, England
This gravestone tells the tragic tale of its occupant's death.
Pune, India
An ancient temple of Lord Shiva was rediscovered in an excavation in 2003.
Kenora, Ontario
This log house sits in the remote Canadian wilderness, and holds a mysterious tale of the trapper who built it.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.
Makati, Philippines
This gold sash was part of a massive collection of pre-Hispanic gold artifacts discovered in an isolated village in the Philippines.
Leuven, Belgium
This 19th-century zoological collection has withstood the test of time.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Kent, Sierra Leone
On an idyllic island off the coast of Sierra Leone, remnants of the defense of the slave trade and its later abolition.
Neo Chorio, Cyprus
Legend holds that the Ancient Greek goddess of love once bathed in the waters of this grotto.
London, England
An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.
Glasgow, Scotland
A small collection of objects of a bygone era hide in plain view.
Duvauchelle, New Zealand
A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.
Henfield, England
This Tudor cottage is adorned with many canary-clasping cats, which originally served as a reminder to a local clergyman of his pet's murderous ways.
Bisley, England
This holy spring and its well have been the site of religious devotion for millennia.
Belgrade, Serbia
Memorial to the 89 children killed during the NATO bombing of Serbia.
Milan, Italy
Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.
Wembley, Alberta
Alberta's Pipestone Creek Bonebed is one of the densest fossil sites in the world. This nearby museum showcases some of the best finds from its "river of death."
Trogir, Croatia
The interior of this church has been turned into a memorial to locals who died in Croatia's Homeland War.
Singapore
Legend holds that a tortoise turned itself into this island to save two shipwrecked sailors.
Tunis, Tunisia
A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.
Manchester, England
One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.
Hisardžik, Serbia
This medieval fortress guards a monastery near the border of Serbia and Montenegro.
Warblington, England
These unassuming buildings in the tranquil churchyard of rural Warblington are in fact grave watchers’ huts.