Edinburgh, Scotland
Blair Street Underground Vaults
A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.
Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
Hartlepool, England
This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.
Lille, France
This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.
Beli Potok, Serbia
Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.
Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, France
A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Chattancourt, France
A memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I.
Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy
The skull of this patron saint is kept in a shrine located in his hometown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Above the heads of passersby stands a small statue commemorating soldiers from the Boer War.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A nomadic museum known for its art exhibitions about religion and faith.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.
Naples, Italy
Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Trenton, Maine
Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
Paris, France
Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.
Springfield, Illinois
This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.
Moscow, Russia
Home of the future Emperors of Russia.
Toronto, Ontario
A miniature representation of Canadian cities and landmarks in incredible—and sometimes hilarious—detail.
Mbala, Zambia
A small cemetery on a hill overlooking Mbala contains the history of the town's colonial past.
Mbala, Zambia
A memorial in the middle of a roundabout marks the spot where German forces formally surrendered, finally ending World War I in Africa.