Salvador, Brazil
Tomb of Mem de Sá
The Catedral Basílica de Salvador is special for its stunning Baroque interior and the historic sepulchre of Mem de Sá, connecting the church to Salvador’s colonial past.
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Salvador, Brazil
The Catedral Basílica de Salvador is special for its stunning Baroque interior and the historic sepulchre of Mem de Sá, connecting the church to Salvador’s colonial past.
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Willebroek, Belgium
Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.
Mumbai, India
This statue of a Parsi businessman and philanthropist is an iconic landmark in the city.
Binh Phu, Vietnam
Carved through granite boulder fields and primeval forests, this roaring river valley once served as the secret naval training ground for the legendary Tay Son insurgency.
London, England
A beautiful Georgian church alongside the Thames has a crypt in the basement, in which are buried the bodies of the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold, his wife Peggy, and their daughter Sophia.
Socuéllamos, Spain
This La Mancha museum brings the region’s winemaking tradition to life
Scranton, Pennsylvania
The Pulitzer Prize winning writer and actor from “The Exorcist,” Jason Miller, is immortalized with a statue that contains his ashes.
Independence, California
Home of the world-famous coyote-teeth dentures.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.
Ferrara, Italy
A seven-story circular concrete tower, once the heart of Ferrara’s Eridania distillery, resembles a modern industrial Colosseum.
Dawson City, Yukon
A surviving Klondike Gold Rush-era log cabin that was dismantled log by log to save it, and can still be stayed in today.
Tiptree, England
As the Royal Family's jam supplier, this museum displays relics from the two world wars, farm equipment, a four legged chick, and other curiosities.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
It is the oldest remaining stairway William Penn created to give Philadelphia citizens access to the port area.
Tallinn, Estonia
A bronze memorial to Tallinn’s most famous, and most elusive, stray dog, erected while he was still alive.
Agios Athanasios, Greece
A late 4th-century BC archaeological wonder located just outside the suburbs of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Alton, Illinois
The ruins of Illinois's first state penitentiary, and former Federal Military Prison, from 1833.
Platteville, Wisconsin
How a friendly mining-school rivalry, two adventurous students, and 400 tons of limestone created a Platteville landmark.
Shimonoseki, Japan
One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.
Palmer, Massachusetts
This former abandoned train station converted into a restaurant and small museum is a delight for both casual diners and rail enthusiasts alike.
Alcorcón, Spain
The most emblematic piece by a Peruvian master of pop art ended up placed in a modest square in Alcorcón.
Caldwell, Ohio
The United States’s love for black gold began with the accidental discovery of oil in the Ohio countryside.
Brooklyn, New York
This Brooklyn curiosity shop has its own magic theater and a singing mechanical bird that sparked an online feud with Kelly Clarkson.
Brooklyn, New York
Topped by a distinctive beehive dome, it’s been called by architectural historians and locals, “Brooklyn's Sacré-Cœur.”