La Ferté-sur-Chiers, France
Ouvrage La Ferté
This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.
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La Ferté-sur-Chiers, France
This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.
Paju, South Korea
The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.
Mesa, Arizona
These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
At this research institute, the chile is king.
Concord, Massachusetts
One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Bavay, France
These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.
Belgrade, Serbia
Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.
Rome, Italy
Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.
Coventry, England
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
Los Angeles, California
Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.
Moira, England
This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.
Irlavas pagasts, Latvia
A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.
Iisalmi, Finland
The smallest restaurant in the world.
Dolgarrog, Wales
The worst flood disaster in Welsh history might have been a lot worse if it had not happened on movie night.
Luganville, Vanuatu
The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.
Portland, Oregon
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
Labruge, Portugal
Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.
Talasea, Papua New Guinea
Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
Darwin, Australia
World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
Burgos, Spain
The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.
Chartres, France
The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.
Seki-shi, Japan
This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.