Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The Bridge to Nowhere
A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.
Postbridge, England
This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.
Rome, Italy
The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.
Rome, Italy
This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.
Walsh, Alberta
A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.
Saint-Pierre, Martinique
The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."
San Luis Obispo, California
The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.
Toronto, Ontario
A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.
Elkton, Maryland
A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.
Pingtang County, China
The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.
Paris, Illinois
One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Charleston, Illinois
The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.
Oakland, Illinois
An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.
Alexandria, Virginia
This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.
Avezzano, Italy
This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.
Springfield, Virginia
This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.
Seaham, England
For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.
Annapolis, Maryland
This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.
Shiroishi, Japan
A town's namesake rock has served as a spiritual matchmaker for hundreds of years.
Essex, England
This crumbling coast and its teetering tower are literally filled with history, but they are also at great risk of becoming history themselves.
Alcorcón, Spain
A historic castle that served as a backdrop to part of an elaborate extraterrestrial hoax.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.