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Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

Atop this media building, two hives containing more than 30,000 bees keep the surrounding area vibrant.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

An eerie ship cemetery with gunfire as a soundtrack.

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.

Inaugurated in 1921, this is one of many statues in France dedicated to the people who died during World War I for their country.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.