Charleston, South Carolina
Old Slave Mart
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
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Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Barcelona, Spain
GaudÃ's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Dresden, Germany
The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.
Dresden, Germany
When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.
Kabul, Afghanistan
What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Zavikon Island, Ontario
The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.
Weston, Missouri
The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Lonaconing, Maryland
The first blast furnace in the United States that used coal and coke fuel instead of charcoal to make pig iron.
Folkestone, England
One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.
Rome, Italy
This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Port Townsend, Washington
The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Newport, Rhode Island
This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.