Fort Garry was a pivotal post for the Hudson’s Bay Company and a major factor in the economy and political culture of the area.

The oldest operating steam locomotive in Canada runs along this heritage railway.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.