Erbil, Iraq
Erbil Citadel
An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.
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Erbil, Iraq
An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.
Linnaka, Estonia
Inside this medieval church resides a unique set of murals.
Nevada
A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.
Moapa Valley, Nevada
A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.
Silver Peak, Nevada
The precious-metals strikes dating back to the 1860s are now mostly inactive, but this area has become the United States' only domestic source of lithium.
McGill, Nevada
A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.
Woolsey, Nevada
A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.
Dayton, Nevada
The smallest country in the world.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Mustahamba, Estonia
A small museum showcasing various communication equipment and laptops in the middle of the southeast Estonia countryside.
Rõuge, Estonia
This Estonian watchtower looks like a big tree with two giant bird nests on it, complete with a "golden egg."
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.
Weston, Massachusetts
The oldest philatelic museum in the United States.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.
Boston, Massachusetts
A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.
Boston, Massachusetts
Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.
Wellington, New Zealand
A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.
Porangahau, New Zealand
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
Pfronten, Germany
Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.