New York, New York
Marie's Crisis
Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.
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New York, New York
Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.
Mexico City, Mexico
At this bright and vibrant museum in Mexico City, you can make your own custom scent.
St. Augustine, Florida
The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.
Stockholm, Sweden
A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.
Tacna, Peru
In the desert of southern Peru is an intriguing collection of ancient petroglyphs whose origins remain unknown.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Seaside, Oregon
Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.
Kamakura, Japan
The ruins of the oldest artificial island in Japan, still used for mooring today at 800 years old.
Al-Shikhan, Iraq
The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Monterrey, Mexico
This store may be part of a well-known chain, but it stands out due to the tree growing through the middle of it.
Faiyum, Egypt
The oldest Egyptian obelisk still standing in its original site.
London, England
Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.
Edinburgh, Scotland
If you fly into Edinburgh Airport, it's possible to spot this prehistoric site without even getting off the plane.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.
Nashtifan, Iran
The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.
Williams, Arizona
This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.
Campeche, Mexico
A well was built by the Spanish before their conquest of Mexico.
Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates
A 19th-century defensive wall that once protected the settlement from invaders.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.
New Braunfels, Texas
Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.