Miamisburg, Ohio
Miamisburg Mound
The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.
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Miamisburg, Ohio
The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.
Dayton, Ohio
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.
Quedlinburg, Germany
The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.
Oxford, England
The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.
Ross, North Dakota
The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.
Kipling, Saskatchewan
A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Underground tunnels once home to crime are now back open to the public.
Bushell Park, Saskatchewan
A broken man's homemade, seaworthy ship rests in the middle of the Canadian prairie.
Prince Albert No. 461, Saskatchewan
This partially completed dam was simply abandoned after nearly destroying the city it was built to service.
Ovid, New York
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
The abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium is said to be one of the most haunted places in Canada.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
Leipzig, Germany
This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.
Zeitz, Germany
A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.
Washington, D.C.
An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.
Prague, Czechia
Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.
Prague, Czechia
Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Prague, Czechia
This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
Moscow, Russia
Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Weatherford, Oklahoma
This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.