Culpeper, Virginia
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.
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Culpeper, Virginia
A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.
Barboursville, Virginia
The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Italy
The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.
Capo Testa, Italy
Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.
Murato, France
This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.
Bonifacio, France
Once the hottest nightclub in France, Amnesia now lies in ruins after a 2000 bombing.
Porto-Vecchio, France
A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.
Lumio, France
Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.
Sollacaro, France
This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.
Castello-di-Rostino, France
A miniature Corsican village built out of pebbles.
S'Archittu, Italy
The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.
Arzachena, Italy
Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.
Paulilatino, Italy
This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.
Alghero, Italy
Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.
Nughedu Santa Vittoria, Italy
Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."
Codrongianos, Italy
A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.
Oristano, Italy
This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.
Masua, Italy
This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.
Iglesias, Italy
On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.
Cagliari, Italy
A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.
Bologna, Italy
In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.
Ussana, Italy
An eerie gravel road full of shards of red bricks leads to the ruins of a deserted factory.