Albany, New York
American Italian Heritage Museum
The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.
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Albany, New York
The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.
Turin, Italy
A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.
Lloyd Harbor, New York
Now a retreat center for the faithful, it once provided training for clergy—but it began as a farm owned by a famed financier and his opera singer wife, who built a surprise in the backyard.
Montauk, New York
A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.
East Hampton, New York
This cemetery holds the remains of an accused witch and the man that ensured her freedom.
Oymyakonsky District, Russia
The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Turin, Italy
This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.
Turin, Italy
This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.
Turin, Italy
When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.
Turin, Italy
The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
East Jerusalem, Israel
Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.
Athens, Greece
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
Athens, Greece
Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.
Tallinn, Estonia
During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Orto Say, Kyrgyzstan
Where you'll find anything but nothing.
Washington, D.C.
Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.
Eglwyswrw, Wales
This rocky outcrop served as a quarry for some of the bluestones that sit at the center of Stonehenge.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Saltville, Virginia
This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.