Winslow, Arizona
Apache Death Cave
A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.
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Winslow, Arizona
A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.
Seattle, Washington
Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?
Tucson, Arizona
Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.
Baku, Azerbaijan
A public park commemorating the iconic works of a satirist, with medieval ruins on the side.
Malmö, Sweden
Malmö’s bronze prince yearns for Copenhagen's 'Little Mermaid'—and his missing crown jewels.
Mesa, Arizona
This massive, ancient canal system was built using only sticks and stones.
Kamakura, Japan
Hike to a hidden medieval troglodyte necropolis.
Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Swift Run, Virginia
On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Sterling, Virginia
This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Kyiv, Ukraine
The deepest metro station in the world.
Mexico City, Mexico
The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.
Madrid, Spain
Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.
Madrid, Spain
A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.
Madrid, Spain
The oldest vestiges of Madrid found here, have been incorporated into this new museum.
Madrid, Spain
Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.
LaPlace, Louisiana
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
Haverstraw, New York
This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Vonore, Tennessee
This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.
Seoul, South Korea
Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.
Paris, France
A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.