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This sacred site lives up to its name with its majestic, color-splashed sandstone formations.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

The formerly unmarked grave of the noted Black American painter, who was a friend to James Baldwin.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

A unique, eye-catching statue that carries an important message of hope.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

The history of those incarcerated in Singapore during World War II is etched into the bricks of a popular staircase.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

This 1836 church, constructed by formerly enslaved people, honors a leader in Afrocentric music.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

This heart-shaped lake near the border of India and Myanmar is deeply rooted in Mizo folklore.

This remote 4,500 year old medicine wheel is one of the last of its kind.

The remains of Canada's earliest Chinese pioneers are interred along this picturesque point.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

At Ramahyuck, the Gunaikurnai people were forced to trade their freedom and culture for protection. Today, a cemetery is all that remains of the site.

On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.

This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."

This now-defunct synthetic fuel plant was once a major cog in the Nazi war machine.