Treblinka, Poland
Muzeum Treblinka
A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.
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Treblinka, Poland
A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
Seattle, Washington
A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.
Taranna, Australia
The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.
Bedford, Virginia
This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.
Mattoon, Illinois
The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."
Rockwood, Michigan
Although outnumbered, the Tecumseh Confederacy defeated a large regiment of United States troops.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
A long-abandoned relic of World War II.
Annapolis, Maryland
A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.
Bekesbourne, England
An anti-tank graveyard in the English countryside.
Naseby, England
A monument at the site of a decisive battle in the First English Civil War.
Coorada, Australia
One of the biggest mysteries of Central Queensland: How did this truck spontaneously combust with the force of a massive bomb?
Charleston, South Carolina
This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.
Seville, Ohio
In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.
Baltimore, Maryland
This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.
Wilton, New York
This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.
East London, South Africa
The spot where the first living specimen of the coelacanth was discovered.
Hobart, Australia
The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
Alameda, California
After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.
Monroeville, Alabama
An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Deans, Scotland
A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.
Milford, Connecticut
This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.