Nova Redenção, Brazil
Poço Azul (Blue Pool)
Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.
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Nova Redenção, Brazil
Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.
Bryson City, North Carolina
The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?
San Jose, California
A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
Cori, Italy
Only three columns survive from this ancient temple in the town of Cori.
Austin, Texas
This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.
Washington, D.C.
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Hearne, Texas
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Chicago, Illinois
An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.
Nashville, Tennessee
This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.
Prague, Czechia
Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
Cambridge, Maryland
This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.
Atlanta, Georgia
The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.
Detroit, Michigan
One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.
Maywood, Illinois
The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.
San Jose, California
A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.
Townsville, Australia
A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Herndon, Virginia
A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.