Northumberland, England
Temple of Mithras, Carrawburgh
This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.
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Northumberland, England
This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.
Rotorua, New Zealand
Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.
Lake Tarawera, New Zealand
A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.
Waimangu, New Zealand
The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.
Weaverville, California
This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.
Watertown, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a suffragist author.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.
Devon, England
An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.
Marseille, France
"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.
Vredefort, South Africa
The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.
Wetaskiwin, Alberta
An automotive, farming machinery, and aviation museum located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada.
Lille, France
An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.
Sydney, Australia
Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.
London, England
This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.
Landskrona, Sweden
This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.
Karmoy, Norway
A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.
Anstruther, Scotland
The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.
Mountain View, California
The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.
Boge, Sweden
A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.
Llandudno, Wales
This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.
Warrior, Alabama
In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.
Aztec, New Mexico
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
Ekerö, Sweden
18th century opera in its original splendor.
Washington, D.C.
The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.