Greenville, Mississippi
Holt Collier Gravestone
The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.
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Greenville, Mississippi
The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.
Greenwood, Mississippi
After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.
Iuka, Mississippi
Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.
Cartagena, Spain
The world's first electric battery-powered submarine.
Lexington, Mississippi
The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.
Hove, England
This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.
Berryville, Virginia
A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.
Villa Hayes, Paraguay
How did 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes become so beloved in Paraguay?
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
This castle once belonged to one of the most prominent families of medieval Carrickfergus.
Tartu, Estonia
Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 15th-century structure had a long, tortuous journey to its current location.
Formosa, Arkansas
At a site that has witnessed many significant events, according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, it is best known as the place of lunar discovery.
Mumbai, India
Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.
Antarctica
Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.
Antarctica
Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.
Antarctica
These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.
Antarctica
This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.
Valdivia, Chile
A 63-foot-tall swinging ball hypnotizes passersby, and proves to any remaining doubters that the Earth is spinning.
Robertsport, Liberia
After several weeks of radio silence, this abandoned oil tanker washed up on a remote beach in Liberia.
Guildford, England
This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.
Worcester, Massachusetts
This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.
Charlton, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.