Wallyford, Scotland
Wallyford 'Miner's Stone'
This carved memorial is dedicated to the miners who died working in the town's collieries.
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Wallyford, Scotland
This carved memorial is dedicated to the miners who died working in the town's collieries.
Wallyford, Scotland
This memorial commemorates a defining 16th-century battle between English and Scottish forces.
Epsom, England
This memorial is dedicated to the legendary suffragette, who stepped in front of the king's horse during the Epsom Derby.
Havana, Florida
This small museum is dedicated to the history of Havana and Florida's once-booming tobacco industry.
Almansa, Spain
Commemorating a battle where French troops were commanded by an Englishman, and English troops by a Frenchman.
Chichibu, Japan
The birthplace of Japanese coinage.
Tokyo, Japan
The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.
Beatrice, Nebraska
This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
Rome, Italy
Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.
Tokyo, Japan
This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.
Binasco, Italy
Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.
Varberg, Sweden
This innocuous-looking button may have been used to assassinate a king.
Ipswich, England
A surprisingly approachable statue of the man who dominated King Henry VIII's government.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.
Hargeisa, Somalia
This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.
Phoenix, Arizona
Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.
Unity, Maine
After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.
Durham, England
The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.
Mexico City, Mexico
Hidden for more than a century, the grave of the Conquistador remains forgotten behind these church walls.
Palestine
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Kahului, Hawaii
Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.