Salzburg, Austria
Mozart's Skull
Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.
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Salzburg, Austria
Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.
San Francisco, California
Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.
Crockett, California
The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.
Skørping, Denmark
An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.
Asheville, North Carolina
An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.
Inverness, Scotland
This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.
Little Dunmow, England
It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.
Almeida, Portugal
The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.
Isle of Islay, Scotland
This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.
San Francisco, California
The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.
Stanford, California
An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.
London, England
A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.
Peterborough, England
The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.
York, England
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
Kungsbacka, Sweden
Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.
Newborough, Wales
Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.
Cambridge, England
A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
Glasgow, Scotland
A humble ancient well where Scottish knight, Sir William Wallace, took his final drink.
Bjarnarhöfn, Iceland
At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.
Kunoy, Faroe Islands
The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
Alexandria, Virginia
The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.
Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
Home of the "true" equator.
Labruge, Portugal
Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.