Budapest, Hungary
Empress Sissi Statue
This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.
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Budapest, Hungary
This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.
Lorain, Ohio
A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
Berlin, Germany
Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.
Horse Cave, Kentucky
Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.
Malta, Ohio
This underground holding cell was forgotten for over a century and rediscovered in the 1960s.
Krakow, Poland
Remnants from a time before electricity.
Kendal, England
This original castle in Kendal is 1,000 years old.
Allenhurst, Georgia
A neighborhood grocery store established a local civil rights leader.
Pickering, England
Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.
Kendal, England
Two minuscule windows are tucked inside this medieval building.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.
Munich, Germany
German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.
Budapest, Hungary
Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.
Framingham, Massachusetts
Location of the first public performance and singing of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.