Places Edited by michellecassidy1

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

One of the world's smallest prisons boasts just two small cells.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.

The island houses the ruins of a secret nuclear fusion lab that once employed high-profile Nazi scientists

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.