Closter, New Jersey
Women's Federation Monument
A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.
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Closter, New Jersey
A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.
Bronx, New York
Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.
Alpine, New Jersey
Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.
Washington, D.C.
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Florence, Italy
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.
Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
Florence, Italy
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Florence, Italy
The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Surry, Virginia
Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.
Petersburg, Virginia
An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.
Marion, Virginia
An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
La Romana, Dominican Republic
This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.
La Caña, Dominican Republic
Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.