Ireland
Hellfire Club Ruins
A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.
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Ireland
A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.
Monacnappa, Ireland
Horse cemetery on the grounds of Blarney Castle.
Meath, Ireland
An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.
Dublin, Ireland
The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.
New York, New York
It memorializes America’s initial military response to the terrorist attacks on our country on September 11, 2001.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Boston, Massachusetts
"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."
Boston, Massachusetts
This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.
Boston, Massachusetts
This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
Boston, Massachusetts
Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.
Boston, Massachusetts
This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Boston, Massachusetts
This mosaic commemorates the oldest subway tunnel and station in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
Williamsburg, Virginia
America's first public mental health facility.
Brooklyn, New York
This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.
Brooklyn, New York
What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.
Yorktown, Virginia
A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.
Williamsburg, Virginia
History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”
Washington, D.C.
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
Washington, D.C.
The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.
Washington, D.C.
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.