Massa Lubrense, Italy
Punta Campanella
A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."
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Massa Lubrense, Italy
A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Castellabate, Italy
According to legend, this small island was home to one of the sirens met by Ulysses in the Odyssey.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
New York, New York
A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
Paris, France
One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Batavia, New York
A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Washington, D.C.
This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.
East Jerusalem, Israel
An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.
San Francisco, California
This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.
Carthage, Arkansas
Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.
Framingham, Massachusetts
The notorious pirate William Kidd might have buried his treasure around this local pond.
Tulsk, Ireland
This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.
Washington, D.C.
The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.
Fort Washington, Maryland
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
Washington, D.C.
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
Washington, D.C.
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
Alexandria, Virginia
Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.
Washington, D.C.
Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.