Winchester, England
The Great West Window
This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.
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Winchester, England
This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.
Nye County, Nevada
Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.
Magdeburg, Germany
This 17th-century "unicorn" was cobbled together from the skull of a rhinoceros, the legs of a mammoth, and the horn of a narwhal.
Strängnäs Ö, Sweden
This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.
Strängnäs, Sweden
This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.
Dunmore, Scotland
Built in the 16th century, the tower is now in ruins.
Jackson, New Hampshire
Near the summit of Mount Washington, a stone monument remembers a life lost to one of the mountain's infamous storms.
Accokeek, Maryland
The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
The sole surviving large cairn in an area that was once littered with burial monuments.
Strichen, Scotland
The ruinous former neo-classical mansion was built for Thomas Fraser of Strichen.
Fraserburgh, Scotland
An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.
Portsoy, Scotland
These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
The overgrown ruins of this once majestic castle sit forlornly in the Scottish countryside.
Eden, Utah
This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.
Joggins, Nova Scotia
Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.
Duncans Cove, Nova Scotia
Explore the ruins of war and maritime history along this gorgeously ferocious North Atlantic seascape.
Risan, Montenegro
The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.
Newport News, Virginia
This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Tikal, Guatemala
Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.
Tikal, Guatemala
Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.