Île-d'Aix, France
Napoleon's Camel at the Musée africain de l'île d'Aix
Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.
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Île-d'Aix, France
Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.
Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France
Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.
Pájara, Spain
Rumors and legends of secret Nazi activities surround this eerily remote island mansion.
Bremerhaven, Germany
The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.
La Rochelle, France
A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
Le Château-d'Olonne, France
This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.
Seaham, England
A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.
Sunderland, England
An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.
Nisi, Greece
Poseidon? No one seems to know.
Pietranera, Italy
The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.
Nottingham, England
A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.
Spetses, Greece
Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.
Homewood, Illinois
The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.
Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Děčín, Czechia
When the river dries up, these stones start talking.
Kasama, Zambia
One of the largest concentrations of rock paintings in Southern Africa.
Funchal, Portugal
A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.
Sperlonga, Italy
The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.
Athens, Greece
The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.
Athens, Greece
The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.
San Francisco, California
Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.
San Francisco, California
Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.
San Francisco, California
Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.