Hökåsen-Badelunda, Sweden
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This patch of land is home to Sweden's largest burial mound, allegedly belonging to a mythical king.
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Hökåsen-Badelunda, Sweden
This patch of land is home to Sweden's largest burial mound, allegedly belonging to a mythical king.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.
Flatey, Iceland
Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vice President Humphrey's final resting place is tucked away in this cemetery along with a few other notable figures.
Renfrewshire, Scotland
This stone was once used by druids to determine a person's innocence or guilt.
Glasgow, Scotland
A watering hole from the late 1800s in the heart of the Campsie Fells.
Muswellbrook, Australia
Standing in celebration of where the cattle dog was bred.
Washington, D.C.
The only tennis court that falls under the jurisdiction of the central bank.
Windsor, England
All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.
Dubois, Idaho
This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.
Chico, California
Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.
Avesta, Sweden
The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.
Barkley West, South Africa
Fascinating collection of Khoisan rock engravings, still situated in their original setting.
Laranjal do Jari, Brazil
This gravesite in the Amazon Rainforest was left behind by a failed Third Reich expedition.
Saguenay, Québec
The little house that stood up to a disastrous flood has become a symbol of perseverance.
Binghamton, New York
A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
Hope Valley, England
The heroic tale of a remarkable pup who refused to leave her master's side, no matter what.
Santiago, Chile
This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.
Santiago, Chile
How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States
Santiago, Chile
This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.
Santiago, Chile
A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Santiago, Chile
A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.