Kigali, Rwanda
Hôtel des Mille Collines
The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.
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Kigali, Rwanda
The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.
Zărnești, Romania
A permanent woodland refuge in the Carpathian Mountains for European brown bears rescued from abuse and neglect
Riverside, California
A living museum documenting the history and produce of California's citrus industry
Perugia, Italy
A massive engineering and hydraulic marvel dating back to the 3rd century BC
Emmitsburg, Maryland
The home and final resting place of the first native-born American saint
Charleston, South Carolina
An advertising mural tempering the behavior of Charleston’s children since the late 1800s.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore’s longest row of identical attached houses
Florence, Alabama
A spot on a busy thoroughfare that may (or may not) be the final resting place of a notorious Alabama outlaw
Natales, Chile
The prehistoric home of an enormous ground sloth that once roamed Patagonia
Ireland
A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.
Oakhurst, California
A campy fiberglass statue welcomes visitors to this small town in central California.
Monterey, California
The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”
Santiago, Chile
The hauntingly beautiful interior of a church almost destroyed by protestors’ fire.
Davie, Florida
A time capsule of life in Southern Florida in the 1930s.
Glen Echo, Maryland
A merry-go-round that became a rallying point for the early Civil Rights Movement.
Arixa Ams, Namibia
An ancient Namibian rock pictograph of a white lady is actually a man.
Flowers Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.
Petoskey, Michigan
As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.
Jamestown, Saint Helena
A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.
Churchill, Manitoba
A crash site in the heart of polar bear territory has become a beloved local landmark.
Churchill, Manitoba
The rusting hulk of a 250-foot-long merchant vessel remains where she grounded on the shore of Hudson Bay.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
A residential service road transformed into a menagerie of larger-than-life paintings of iconic Arctic wildlife.
Little Compton, Rhode Island
A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.
San Luis Obispo, California
One of the last surviving buildings of a once large and thriving Chinatown.