Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Roses
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
St. Charles, Illinois
A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.
San Francisco, California
A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.
Gmina Leśnica, Poland
One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.
Cartagena, Colombia
This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Jerash, Jordan
Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Cambridge, England
Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Lexington, Virginia
The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Balcombe, England
This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.
Korolyov, Russia
This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.
Detroit, Michigan
This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.
San Francisco, California
Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.
San Francisco, California
A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.