Venice, Italy
The Mad Colored Houses of Burano
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
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Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Venice, Italy
The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Weinan, China
A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.
Rajsamand, India
The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Djenne, Mali
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.
Dakar, Senegal
Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.
Qianxi County, China
Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.
Santa Clara, Cuba
This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.
Kaleüçağız Köyü, Turkey
Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.
Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania
This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.
Rochester, New York
"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Arlington, Virginia
Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
Calistoga, California
This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.
Washington, D.C.
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Washington, D.C.
With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.
Georgia
Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.