London, England
Gresham College
England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.
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London, England
England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.
Iceland
A rugged hike leads to a breathtaking waterfall, once thought to be the tallest in Iceland.
Worms, Germany
St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
This historic vessel on display in Massachusetts made a dozen scientific expeditions into the Arctic.
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Lay, a fiery abolitionist, is buried outside the Quaker meeting house that disowned him for his beliefs.
Istanbul, Turkey
A massive marble pedestal is all that remains of a column that towered over Constantinople for 1300 years.
Easton, England
Amid the ruins of a church on the British island of Portland, a surprising symbol among the headstones.
London, England
A statue for a zoo that was never built.
Lilly, Pennsylvania
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.
Gustavus, Alaska
Crash site of a US National Guard C-47B plane that attempted to land at Gustavus airport in 1957 in bad weather.
Annapolis, Maryland
Remnant of a largely forgotten struggle over resource scarcity.
Darmstadt, Germany
A library in Germany displays a likeness that some believe is William Shakespeare.
St. Augustine, Florida
The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.
Annapolis, Maryland
One of America's oldest continuously operating hotels offers a blend of rich history and historic architecture in the heart of Annapolis.
Münster, Germany
Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.
Athens, Greece
A former royal garden with lush surroundings in the heart of the city.
Dorset, England
A stone in a Victorian writer’s garden is a remnant of prehistoric Britain.
New Haven, Connecticut
An artist of the American Revolution is entombed beneath the Yale art gallery he founded.
Berlin, Germany
The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.
Paris, France
This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.
Waco, Texas
Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.
Buchanan, Virginia
Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Does this statue depict Thor, or Jesus Christ? Nobody knows.
Widcombe, England
Victorian-era cemetery full of interesting local history among the graves.