Luderitz, Namibia
Shark Island
This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."
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Luderitz, Namibia
This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."
Doha, Qatar
Fourteen sculptures showing the development of a fetus stand outside a hospital for women and children.
Washington, D.C.
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
La Meignanne, France
At this unique farm, you can interact with adorable donkeys and view an ancient dolmen.
Blåvand, Denmark
These old World War II fortifications have been transformed into an unusual equine attraction.
Asiago, Italy
The remains of 50,000 World War I soldiers rest under a towering arch overlooking the Alpine battlefields.
Ocaña, Colombia
Colombia’s only monument erected to mark the end of slavery in the former Republic of New Granada.
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.
Matera, Italy
Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.
Medora, North Dakota
The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.
Warsaw, Poland
The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.
Meriden, Connecticut
A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.
Warsaw, Poland
These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.
Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands
This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.
Toronto, Ontario
This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.
Lisse, Netherlands
A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.
Polotsk, Belarus
A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.
Medellín, Colombia
Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.
Mexico City, Mexico
Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia
Australia's only active volcanoes and highest peak are located on these remote islands thousands of miles away from the mainland.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.