Santuario di Caravaggio, Italy
Caravaggio Sanctuary Guillotine
An underground passage is home to a guillotine that predates the French Revolution by more than two centuries.
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Santuario di Caravaggio, Italy
An underground passage is home to a guillotine that predates the French Revolution by more than two centuries.
Glenn Dale, Maryland
A historic Maryland home that once belonged to a man who has been called "the most insignificant" U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Nye County, Nevada
Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.
Mexico City, Mexico
A small building that loosely resembles a tooth is appropriately used as a dentist office.
Taos, New Mexico
Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
Leesburg, Virginia
The hulking remains of the Leesburg Lime Company Kiln lie dormant behind a historical marker close to the W&OD trail.
Mantua, Italy
An expansive collection of vehicles and other paraphernalia marking the history of firefighting.
Norfolk, Virginia
An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.
Chiba, Japan
This prehistoric site is home to the largest shell midden cluster in Japan.
Wadki, India
Once a passageway that led to the Shaniwar Wada palace fort.
Velha Goa, India
This 16th-century hilltop chapel is one of the oldest churches in Old Goa.
Veerampattinam, India
The best-preserved Roman site in India.
Tønsberg, Norway
This one-of-its-kind shipyard brings the 12th-century Viking Age back to life.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.
Tokyo, Japan
This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.
Jacksonville, Florida
The last standing silent film studio in Jacksonville is the last remnant of the city's once-thriving movie industry.
Sioux City, Iowa
America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.
Alexandria, Virginia
This millstone-topped marker details the history of a mill that served as a landmark for both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.
Tokyo, Japan
According to local legend, an ancient serial killer nicknamed the “Hag” once haunted this pond.
Enns, Austria
A secret hotel room can be found inside this clocktower in the oldest city in Austria.