The site of a dress rehearsal for D-Day that ended in disaster.

A bizarre object of worship believed to grant wishes to those who tie it up with a rope.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

A boat slowly sinking into the Essex mud flats bearing the names of the disappeared that haunt the Thames Estuary.

Where the people of Gozo have been doing laundry for more than six centuries.

A ghostly cabin attempts to reverse the erasure of enslaved people through poetry.

Forest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.

The largest Spanish artifact built in the Philippines and one of the oldest underground reservoirs in the world.

A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.

The caskets in this graveyard have not been opened—they have always been open.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

Pay your respects at the final resting place of the man behind one of the best-known names in food.

This old Soviet gas station is in perfect condition, one of the best-preserved mosaics in the country.

The lesser-known eastern counterpart to Kyoto’s famous fox shrine.

This tiny museum honors the rural country doctor experience.

Two James Beard Award-winning chefs are putting their own spin on Filipino favorites in a food market stall.

For centuries, this hill along the Polish coast has been used as a lookout—and the rumored home of pirate treasure.

This historic suspension bridge is one of three remaining swinging bridges in Michigan, and one of the few swinging bridges left in North America.

At this Neolithic site, the remains of ancient humans have been found alongside the bones of the toxic fugu pufferfish.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

Inspired by the work of a German artist, these brass installations commemorate the lives of enslaved Vermonters.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.