Madona, Latvia
Memorial in Smecere Pine Forest
A haunting memorial to those who lost their lives to the Nazi regime lies hidden in the woods.
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Madona, Latvia
A haunting memorial to those who lost their lives to the Nazi regime lies hidden in the woods.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
High Rolls, New Mexico
This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Albert, France
A haunting museum chronicling the bloodiest battlefield of World War I.
Walsingham, England
A ruined priory that was once a favorite pilgrimage site for English kings.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Uden, Netherlands
Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
This historic mill has been turning apples into delicious fresh cider for over a century.
Johnshaven, Scotland
An 18th-century industrial site, repurposed in WWII, along the wild North Sea coast.
Auburn, Kentucky
The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Oneida, New York
The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.
Bath, England
Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Abovyan, Armenia
Unique Armenian monastery from the 13th century, reclaimed by nature but still welcoming visitors.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
West Shokan, New York
Beneath its placid surface, one of New York City's primary sources of drinking water hides a haunted past.
Rott am Inn, Germany
These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Boston, Massachusetts
A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.
Visby, Sweden
Buried beneath an unassuming Gotland farm was the largest collection of Viking silver, mostly of Islamic origin.
Denver, Colorado
This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.