Chicago, Illinois
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.
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Chicago, Illinois
This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Berlin, Germany
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Berlin, Germany
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Wilmette, Illinois
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.