Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Fort Amsterdam
A fort of historic failures where the island's colonial powers first collided.
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Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
A fort of historic failures where the island's colonial powers first collided.
Rydal, England
Thought to be Britain’s earliest purpose-built viewing station, this small hut frames a magical waterfall.
Holbrook, Arizona
Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.
Annfield Plain, England
A striking testament to the industrial past.
Hancock, Michigan
Rusting hulk stands in testament to the Keweenaw Peninsula’s rich history of copper mining.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
An engraved granite slab claims to mark the location where Leif Erikson built his house in the year 1000.
Chittenango, New York
It has a large collection of Wizard of Oz and OZ universe related items.
Dawson City, Yukon
A colossal gold-dredging machine from the Klondike mining boom, now open to tours.
Boston, Massachusetts
A pair of antique trolleys are on display at one of the oldest subway stations in the United States.
Carlow, Ireland
The remains of a 13th-century Norman fortress, largely destroyed by an explosive renovation.
Charleston, South Carolina
It could once load ships with tons of coal in an hour before its closing in 1952.
Rapa Nui, Chile
A moai decorated with the depiction of a European ship.
Stockholm, Sweden
Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Lindesnes, Norway
The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.
Stockholm, Sweden
A museum that dives into Sweden’s maritime past through preserved shipwrecks and interactive exhibits.
Bordeaux, France
A Roman amphitheatre turned meeting spot for witches.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This imperial marble stele was given to Harvard by Chinese alumni in the 1930s.
Lärbro, Sweden
Old ruins of a church from the 1200s.
Pikeville, North Carolina
A disarmed 40-foot nuclear missile on display outside a North Carolina church.
Visaginas, Lithuania
Step inside a Soviet-designed nuclear power plant with RBMK reactors identical to the ones in Chernobyl.
Graun im Vinschgau, Italy
A 1930s defensive fortification designed to protect Italy from a German invasion.
London, England
A Nile crocodile, a historic symbol of apothecaries, is among the fascinating collection.
Concord, Massachusetts
The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.