Washington, D.C.
Capitol Tile Room
In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.
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Washington, D.C.
In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.
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.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.
Essington, Pennsylvania
North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.
Bengaluru, India
India’s only Brain Museum displays over 200 fascinating ways that your brain might kill you.
Mexico City, Mexico
Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.
Callanish, Scotland
The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Paris, France
This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Baltimore, Maryland
One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.
Baltimore, Maryland
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Anacortes, Washington
This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.