Scituate, Massachusetts
Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum
A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.
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Scituate, Massachusetts
A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.
Maple City, Michigan
Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.
Richmond, British Columbia
One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.
Airville, Pennsylvania
A small museum along the Susquehanna River is home to a rich collection of Native American artifacts.
Kalamata, Greece
The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.
Porvoo, Finland
A rare octagonal brick beacon on an isolated island in the Baltic.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.
Gdynia, Poland
A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.
Falkland Islands
An abandoned suspension bridge on the Falkland Islands is crumbling into the water.
Coventry, England
This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.
Spean Bridge, Scotland
This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Shlisselburg, Russia
An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.
Caerleon, Wales
This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.
Beverly, Massachusetts
A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.
Alnwick, England
This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.
Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.
Vashon, Washington
Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.
Shirakawa-mura, Japan
This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.
Anaconda, Montana
This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.
Bristol, England
The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.