Northern Territory, Australia
Rainbow Valley
This sacred site lives up to its name with its majestic, color-splashed sandstone formations.
Northern Territory, Australia
This sacred site lives up to its name with its majestic, color-splashed sandstone formations.
Lorton, Virginia
The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.
Twentynine Palms, California
This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.
Pioneer, Louisiana
This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.
Hampton, Virginia
This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
Rome, Italy
In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.
Thiais, France
The formerly unmarked grave of the noted Black American painter, who was a friend to James Baldwin.
Ashburn, Virginia
The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.
Albadarr, The Gambia
A unique, eye-catching statue that carries an important message of hope.
Kushiro, Japan
This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.
Singapore
The history of those incarcerated in Singapore during World War II is etched into the bricks of a popular staircase.
Wray, Colorado
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.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This 1836 church, constructed by formerly enslaved people, honors a leader in Afrocentric music.
Mainz, Germany
A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.
Myanmar (Burma)
This heart-shaped lake near the border of India and Myanmar is deeply rooted in Mizo folklore.
Vulcan County, Alberta
This remote 4,500 year old medicine wheel is one of the last of its kind.
Victoria, British Columbia
The remains of Canada's earliest Chinese pioneers are interred along this picturesque point.
Wehringen, Germany
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.
Corte Madera, California
Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.
Perry Bridge, Australia
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.
Fort-de-France, Martinique
On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.
Tarakaniv, Ukraine
This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."
Police, Poland
This now-defunct synthetic fuel plant was once a major cog in the Nazi war machine.