Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
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Tacoma, Washington
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
Seattle, Washington
This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.
Seattle, Washington
A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.
Seattle, Washington
In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.
Hamburg, Germany
This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Pune, India
Pune's oldest ice cream parlor serves scoops in flavors like lemongrass.
Green Island, Taiwan
The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.
Ballingslöv, Sweden
A confident and eccentric goat farmer boldly proclaimed his honor with an inscription on this woodland stone.
Coreglia Antelminelli, Italy
The link between these two seemingly disparate themes is crucial to the history of this Tuscan hill town.
Coreglia Antelminelli, Italy
An 11th-century mountaintop fortress that played a crucial role in Italy's papal wars is now a vacation rental.
Bern, Switzerland
This bunny-eared Moses represents an attempted compromise between two biblical interpretations.
Istanbul, Turkey
Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.
London, England
Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.
Athens, Greece
Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.
Le Castella, Italy
This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.
Turkmenistan
The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.
Bakhchisaray, Ukraine
One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.
Sevastopol, Ukraine
This vineyard was the site of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.
Provadia, Bulgaria
Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.
Varna, Bulgaria
This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.
Bucharest, Romania
The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.
Sighișoara, Romania
Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.