Galway, Ireland
Dun Aonghasa
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
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Galway, Ireland
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
This Sri Lankan cemetery is the final resting place of sci-fi legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
Newborough, Wales
Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Los Angeles, California
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
Inaccessible Island
It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.
Dalmally, Scotland
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Piacenza, Italy
The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Washington, D.C.
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Ödeshög, Sweden
This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Palo Alto, California
A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.
Essex, Connecticut
This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.
Nairobi, Kenya
Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.
Bartonville, Illinois
Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.
Ravenglass, England
These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.