Chicago, Illinois
Confederate Mound
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
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Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Improvement District No. 24, Alberta
The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country’s wood bison population.
Portland, Oregon
Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.
Mountain Township, Illinois
In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.
Edmonton, Alberta
This unique bridge has been a staple across the Saskatchewan River Valley for more than 100 years.
Edmonton, Alberta
Ride aboard a centuries-year-old steam engine and explore dozens of trains parts, including an unusual "comboose."
Dresden, Germany
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Victoria, British Columbia
This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.
Allerton Mauleverer, England
This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Rome, Italy
Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.
Flåm, Norway
One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.
London, England
Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.
London, England
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.
Richmond, Virginia
Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Pacific Grove, California
Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.