Fayetteville, West Virginia
Kaymoor Mines
An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.
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Fayetteville, West Virginia
An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Rugby, Tennessee
A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.
Goathland, England
Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.
Wallace, Idaho
After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
A desperate final message left by a POW on the run serves as a memorial for himself and the 97 that died with him.
A remote coral island with a gristly history of shipwreck, battles, and a horrendous war crime.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Alcubierre, Spain
A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Barnegat Light, New Jersey
A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.
Saguache, Colorado
Hidden high on a remote mountain peak is a humbling and mysterious Vietnam War memorial.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Whitby, England
The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.
Clarkston, Scotland
This 1920's sandstone war memorial was constructed with an unusual drinking trough for horses.
Musselburgh, Scotland
Sculptures depicting Scottish and English soldiers in battle honor a 16th-century conflict.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Sylva, North Carolina
Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.
Crail, Scotland
Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.
Crail, Scotland
The remains of a 19th-century carving of what was to be a signal light on the Firth of Forth Estuary.
Airdrie, Scotland
A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.