Ann Arbor, Michigan
Banded Iron Formation Stone
A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.
Atlanta, Georgia
A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.
St. Louis, Missouri
A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
Västerås, Sweden
A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.
Rangalifinolhu, Maldives
An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.
Victoria, British Columbia
This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.
Victoria, British Columbia
A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.
New York, New York
This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.
Monkton, Maryland
This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.
Paris, France
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Wiernsheim, Germany
This bomb was once used as a church after it failed to detonate.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.
Los Santos de Maimona, Spain
A Spanish artist builds his own castle.
Grafenau, Germany
Inside this unique festival hall, a slide leads guests down to a subterranean watering hole.
Berlin, Germany
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
Potsdam, Germany
Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Adair, Iowa
Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Cleveland, Ohio
An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.