Brooklyn, New York
Floyd Bennett Field
The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.
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Brooklyn, New York
The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.
New York, New York
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
A history of the U.S. military, with a focus on Pennsylvania's contributions.
Los Angeles, California
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Morrison, Colorado
In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
This Hattiesburg museum honors Black Americans who have served in the military, highlighting homegrown heroes.
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
A massive museum preserving the United States culture and the home of Abraham Lincoln's sleigh.
Hutchinson, Kansas
The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.
Reno, Nevada
The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Itter, Austria
German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.
Gland, Switzerland
This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.
Gland, Switzerland
This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Amersfoort, Netherlands
This gigantic monument hidden in the woods was built to thank the Dutch for sheltering Belgian refugees during World War I.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.
Woudenberg, Netherlands
A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.
Lübeck, Germany
Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.
Boulder, Colorado
This unassuming building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of cars created by automotive legend Carroll Shelby.