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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Dutch Pinball Museum

This museum features over 100 playable pinball machines, some dating back to the 1850s.

The First Flight Monument hints at a darker time.

Tokyo, Japan

First Flight Monument

A monument marking the first airplane flights in Japan hints at the dark history behind its peaceful park setting.

Looking down Wind Tunnel.

Old Station, California

Subway Cave

A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.

Odusan Unification Observatory

Paju, South Korea

Odusan Unification Observatory

The place nearest Seoul where it’s easy to get a good look at North Korea.

Far West Temple Site

Kingston, Missouri

Far West Temple Site

This grassy field marks the site of a surprising religious conflict.

Marconi Wireless Station Site

Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Marconi Wireless Station Site

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

Cape Henry Memorial Cross

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Cape Henry Memorial Cross

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

Entrance to the museum.

Aranjuez, Spain

Aranjuez Bullfighting Museum

This bullfighting museum is part of a bullfighting coliseum (plaza de toros) built in the 18th century.

The main entrance to the Museum.

Tukwila, Washington

The Museum of Flight

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

Carthage Jail restored to its 1844 appearance.

Carthage, Illinois

Carthage Jail

The site where Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was killed by a mob.

This adorable spectral duo can be found in Moabit.

Berlin, Germany

Gründer Geist

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

The Marble Throne is truly a sight to see.

Tehran, Iran

Golestan Palace

Iran's "Rose Garden Palace," built during 131 years of rule by Qajar kings, consists of 17 stunning structures.

Confederate Soldiers Gateway.

Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio

Confederate Stockade Cemetery on Johnson’s Island

This Ohio cemetery is home to the remains of many Confederate officers and soldiers who were once held nearby as prisoners of war.

Miss Laura's Social Club.

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum

The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

"The Lineman – A Character Study."

Denver, Colorado

Allen Tupper True Murals at the Mountain States Telephone Building

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.

The Nations Silo.

Nashville, Tennessee

The Nations Silo

An enormous mural of a local Nashville resident adorns this abandoned silo.

Hitler's Bunker in Bruly-de-Pesche

Couvin, Belgium

Hitler's Bunker in Bruly-de-Pesche

This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.

Museum of Erotics and Mythology

Brussels, Belgium

Museum of Erotics and Mythology

A hidden museum focusing on the sexual aspects of anthropology.

The 'E Pluribus Unum' Mural at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus.

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

‘E Pluribus Unum’ Mural

This massive 286,200-tile mosaic was the largest mural of its kind in the United States and is an early example of computer-generated art.

Zandverhalen Sandsculpture Museum

Elburg, Netherlands

Zandverhalen Sandsculpture Museum

One of the largest sandsculpture installations in the world, this exhibit boasts a unique combination of sprawling sand scenes, theological musings, and salvaged shipwrecks.

Three Island Crossing as seen from the embankment above the river to the south.  This is also a unit of the state park.

Glenns Ferry, Idaho

Three Island Crossing State Park

At the site of the most dangerous crossings on the Oregon Trail, a museum explores the complex history of westward migration in America.

The Cardboard Cathedral in 2013

Christchurch, New Zealand

Cardboard Cathedral

This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.

This eerie memorial is a reminder of the atrocities committed on this site.

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.

Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine

Pocahontas, Virginia

Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine

A literal in-depth look at one of the United States' most cherished coal mines and the questionable working conditions of its laborers

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