Rockville, Connecticut
Cogswell Memorial Fountain
Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.
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Rockville, Connecticut
Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.
Santo Amaro, Portugal
This Portuguese bullring is built right into the caldera of an island volcano.
Amsterdam Island, Norway
These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.
Taranna, Australia
The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.
Starcross, England
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.
Granger, Wyoming
Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.
Munich, Germany
Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.
Qaqortoq, Greenland
One Greenland town turned itself into an open air sculpture gallery with the help of a series of traditional stone artworks.
Kramfors N, Sweden
This serene wooded hilltop has a dark history as the climactic point of the Swedish witch trials.
Uppsala, Sweden
A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.
Lemgo, Germany
This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.
Mid Clyth, Scotland
A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.
Porto, Portugal
This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.
York, England
The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.
Tromsø, Norway
The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
This greenhouse was once a hockey arena.
Norwich, England
This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.
Borås, Sweden
These miniature works of art are hiding in plain sight on buildings around the city.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Prestonpans, Scotland
Journey through one of the oldest industrial sites in Scotland.
Stockholm, Sweden
A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.
Stockholm, Sweden
A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.