Alexandria, Virginia
Pope-Leighey House
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Alexandria, Virginia
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Ridgeway, England
A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Tillamook, Oregon
The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.
Jönköping N, Sweden
A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.
Boolboonda, Australia
The longest manmade tunnel in Queensland is now a beautiful trail, home to a special colony of bent-wing bats.
Laußig, Germany
This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.
Bethesda, Maryland
One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Ystad, Sweden
According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.
Jelling, Denmark
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
Wolin, Poland
A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Uppsala, Sweden
This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.
Russia
This burial mound is said to be the final resting place of Russia's first Viking ruler, Oleg of Novogrod.
Istanbul, Turkey
A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.
Borgholm N, Sweden
An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.
Ekerö V, Sweden
The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.
Slagelse Municipality, Denmark
A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.
Province of Rieti, Italy
This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.
Glasgow, Scotland
These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."
Raleigh, North Carolina
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Atlanta, Georgia
Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.