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The Gennadius Library in Athens, Greece
In Athens' upscale Kolonaki neighborhood, nestled at the base of Mt Lykavitos, is a singular library as impressive as the one in Beauty and the Beast - if the Beast was a Greek historian.Gennadius...
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The Viking in Geneva, Illinois
Illinois is the possibly the last place one might think to find a full-sized viking sailing ship, but thanks to a relic from the 1893 world's fair Nordic history is still alive in one of the state's...
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Kep-Sur-Mer in Kep-Sur-Mer, Cambodia
Kep-Sur-Mer, or Kep by the Sea, (typically shortened to “Kep”) was born by royal decree in 1908 and spent its early years as a station climatique, a seaside escape for French colonial bureaucrats and...
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Calipatria Flagpole in Calipatria, California
Way out in the middle of the Mojave and a stone's throw from the Salton Sea, the desert town of Calipatria claims to play host to the world's tallest flagpole, but may simply be the world's lowest...
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Amna Suraka Prison in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Between the arrival of the first political prisoners in 1986 and the prison’s liberation by Kurdish Peshmerga on March 9th 1991, Sulaymaniyah’s Amna Suraka, or Red Prison, functioned as the...
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Herat National Museum in Herat, Afghanistan
No one knows Herat’s exact age, but it was most likely founded as an outpost of the Achaemenid Empire (550-330BC) and named Aria.Alexander the Great’s army overran the Persians, and changed the name to...
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German Girl Shrine in Pulau Ubin, Singapore
Nestled in the lalang grass of Pulau Ubin, a tiny island off the coast of Singapore, is a small mysterious yellow hut that houses the century-old German Girl Shrine. The hut contains an altar with...
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CHIJMES in Singapore, Singapore
The bustling civics district of Singapore contains a plethora of historical and religious sites that have been converted into museums and galleries for tourism and heritage purposes. The one site that...
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Kennal Vale Gunpowder Works in Cornwall, United Kingdom
Deep in the fairytale forest of the Kennal Vale, the old gunpowder works that once dominated the area are slowly being covered by moss and foliage, creating a magical ruin that looks straight out of a...
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The Old Mill in North Little Rock, Arkansas
There are some magnificent deceptions at “The Old Mill” in T.R. Pugh Memorial Park, but the fact that the “old mill” is not that old and was never a mill is far from the most deceptive thing there.More...
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King Sihanouk's Seaside Palace in Krong Kaeb, Cambodia
Of Kep’s many abandoned villas, formerly owned by Cambodia’s bourgeois elite of the 1960s—one building has the best view.Near the top of the hill bisecting the town sits the unfinished palace of...
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Hospital in the Rock in Budapest, Hungary
Hidden among the nearly six miles of natural caves and tunnels beneath Buda Castle Hill is the Hospital in the Rock Museum, which preserves the history and rooms of a secret underground hospital that...
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Sandwich Glass Museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts
During the post-agrarian growth of Sandwich, Massachusetts the glass blowing industry kept the town growing and was for a time the primary source of industry in the area, yet by the early 1900's this...
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The Libraries of Chinguetti in Chinguetti, Mauritania
Resting in the midst of the harsh Mauritanian desert, the stark city of Chinguetti contains some of the world's most important Quranic texts amidst its simply earthen libraries. Originally established...
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Japanese Cemetery Park in Singapore, Singapore
Untouched and enclosed, the Japanese Cemetery Park lies quietly in the residential area of Chuan Hoe Avenue. It receives little publicity in order to avoid angering the older generations of...
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James Ensor House in Oostende, Belgium
An eccentric artist who focused on subjects both grim and religious, James Ensor was a pioneer among expressionist and surrealist artists, and the home where he spent his final years is now a museum...
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St. Joseph's Church in Singapore, Singapore
Surrounded by crowded shopping centers and glassy corporate buildings is a small sanctuary of calm in the busy Central Business District of Singapore called St Joseph’s Church. Declared a national...
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Rainbow Family Village in Nantun District, Taiwan
Three years ago an 87 year-old military veteran known as “Grandpa Rainbow” (real name is Huang Yung-Fu) began painting the walls, doors, and ground of his small military dependents’ village, just...
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Bowling Ball Beach in Schooner Gulch State Beach, California
At the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the beach at Schooner Gulch State Beach near Mendocino, looks as though its been scattered with oversized bowling balls. Almost perfectly spherical, stones like these...
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The Ruins of Jerash in Jerash, Jordan
There are a few places in the world where one has the opportunity to see history re-inacted, but only in the ancient hippodrome of Jerash can you witness chariots race or gladiators in full regalia...
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