Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Weeksville Airship Hangar
During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.
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Elizabeth City, North Carolina
During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.
Diligent River, Nova Scotia
Commemoration of a sea voyage gone mysteriously wrong.
Berlin, Germany
Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.
Cambridge, Ontario
The tombstone epitaph of Millicent Milroy commemorates her "marriage" to King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor.
Los Angeles, California
This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.
Barnsley, England
A churchyard in Ardsley houses a memorial dedicated to the victims of England’s worst mining disaster.
Lorton, Virginia
This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."
Durand, Michigan
This memorial honors the performers who died when two trains collided.
Incline Village, Nevada
A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.
Berlin, Germany
This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.
Gerlach, Nevada
Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.
Littleton, Colorado
A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.
Moliagul, Australia
This stone obelisk commemorates the discovery of the world's largest gold nugget.
Bailey, Colorado
A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.
Pepeekeo, Hawaii
These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.
Henshaw, England
Also known as “Robin Hood’s tree,” it became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down.
Everton, England
Set amid the remains of a secret WWII airfield, this barn was preserved as a memorial to Allied agents who parachuted into Europe.
Pullman, Washington
A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.
London, England
Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.
Cimarron, New Mexico
A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.
Basingstoke, England
At this historic pub, you can sit back, sip, and watch a whole century go by.
Taupō, New Zealand
Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.
Rome, Italy
Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.