Chiriaco Summit, California
Desert Training Center
Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.
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Chiriaco Summit, California
Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.
Seaside, Oregon
Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.
Zedelgem, Belgium
Formerly a munitions depot and World War II POW camp, now a nature reserve.
London, England
A former groundskeeper’s cottage, now famous for being the main location of a hit British comedy game show.
Boston, Massachusetts
Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.
Liverpool, England
One of the largest objects salvaged from the famous sunken passenger ship.
Royston, Georgia
A museum dedicated to the Georgia Peach, one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Rome, Italy
For more than a century, this hole-in-the-wall near Termini Station has been serving what some say is the greatest porchetta sandwich.
Rome, Italy
Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.
Washington, D.C.
The house where Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.
Chiriaco Summit, California
A museum dedicated to the life and career of the gifted but controversial general.
Cleveland, Ohio
Remnants of a forgotten ballpark where legend and infamy intersect.
Denver, Colorado
This swanky speakeasy is Denver’s oldest bar—and hasn’t changed a bit since 1933.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.
Liberty, Missouri
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.
Kearney, Missouri
The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.
Lytham, England
During World War II, locals rallied together to buy this plane to support the war effort.
Danville, Alabama
A fascinating museum near the birthplace of the greatest track and field athlete of all time.
London, England
Once part of a magnificent Tudor palace, this wine cellar is a time capsule underneath the Ministry of Defence.
Hamburg, Germany
A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.
Alexandria, Egypt
Underneath the Serapeum ruins lies a dark passage with nooks for books, the lesser-known “sister” to the famous ancient library.
Barcelona, Spain
A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.
Mesquite, Nevada
A concrete arrow from a 1920s airmail navigation network.