Nunavut
Graves of Beechey Island
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
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Nunavut
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta
The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.
Flossenbürg, Germany
A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Eldon, Alberta
Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A vast necropolis where you'll find the elaborate mausoleums of Argentinian tango stars.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Meridian, Mississippi
The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.
Traquair, Scotland
The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.
Moorhead, Minnesota
This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.
Crownsville, Maryland
This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.
Montreal, Québec
One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.
Seattle, Washington
A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Maidstone, England
This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.
Washington, D.C.
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Laupahoehoe, Hawaii
The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.
Nashville, Tennessee
The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."
Nashville, Tennessee
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.