Bletchley, England
National Museum of Computing
Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Milton Keynes, England
Bletchley Park
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Carrickfergus Rangers Stone
This stone honors the U.S. Rangers who made Carrickfergus their home base during World War II.
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
The Grave of St. Patrick
A boulder in the Churchyard of Down Cathedral marks the legendary burial place of "The Apostle of Ireland."
Belfast, Northern Ireland
SS Nomadic
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Giant’s Causeway
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The Prophet of Oak Ridge's Grave
John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
B-1 Flat Top in Oak Ridge
One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.
Nashville, Tennessee
President James K. Polk's Tomb
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Elkmont Historic District
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oak Ridge "The Secret City"
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eastern State Penitentiary
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Amelia Earhart Memorial Plaque
Hiding in plane sight.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Hveragerði Sunnumӧrk Shopping Center
The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.
Greenland
Camp Century (Project Iceworm)
A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.
Madison, Wisconsin
Otis Redding Memorial Plaque
A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Paisley Park
Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.
Okarche, Oklahoma
Eischen's Bar
Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.
Washington, D.C.
The Presidential Booths at Martin's Tavern
Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.
Alexandria, Virginia
George Washington's Distillery
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Washington, D.C.
Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
