Hiroshima, Japan
Human Shadow Etched in Stone
An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.
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Hiroshima, Japan
An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Paris, France
This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.
Belgrade, Serbia
A museum dedicated to the former country.
Nikko, Japan
Is this cat asleep or just pretending?
Paris, France
Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."
Naples, Italy
A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.
Nikko, Japan
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Charlottesville, Virginia
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
Triangle, Virginia
A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.
Morgantown, West Virginia
A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Whitesville, West Virginia
A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.
Burke, Virginia
Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.
Boyds, Maryland
This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.
Silver Spring, Maryland
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.