Calais, Maine
Saint Croix Island National Historic Site
A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.
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Calais, Maine
A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.
Los Angeles, California
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
Los Angeles, California
A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.
Los Angeles, California
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
Newport News, Virginia
A collection of vehicles across American military history.
Mexico City, Mexico
The outside of this theater is decorated with a Diego Rivera mural that explores the history of Mexico.
Al Ula, Saudi Arabia
The rocks around this mountain are filled with so many carvings that the area became known as the "open library."
Tremont, Maine
One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.
Al Ula, Saudi Arabia
Lions carved into the rockface adorn these two tombs built into the mountains of Dadan.
New York, New York
An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.
Chillicothe, Ohio
The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.
Atlanta, Georgia
The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.
Atlanta, Georgia
Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.
Ar Rass, Saudi Arabia
This tower has survived the times despite being composed of mud and camel hair.
Austinville, Virginia
This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.
Coloma, California
His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.
West Orange, New Jersey
Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.
Pasaia, Spain
Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.
Asheville, North Carolina
Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.
Wageningen, Netherlands
A Dutch museum preserves the world's most diverse collection of vertical slices of soil.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.
Nuremberg, Germany
A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.