Places zride1905 Wants to Go

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The Russian author's writing desk remains inside the house where he spent part of his Siberian exile.

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.

Stone age urban planning.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

The place where World War I began.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

This Slovenian museum houses the country's largest collection of painted beehive panels.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

A fur trade museum in western Nebraska stands on the reconstructed footprint of a 19th-century trading post.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.