Year: 2020

Banco della Reson

Discover Banco della Reson in Cavalese, Italy: The community gathered on this stone table to make important decisions, but it was also the site of witch trials.

TMK Creamery

Discover TMK Creamery in Canby, Oregon: Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

Nizwa Fort

Discover Nizwa Fort in Nizwa, Oman: This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.

Griffith J. Griffith Statue

Discover Griffith J. Griffith Statue in Los Angeles, California: Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

Viminacium

Discover Viminacium in Kostolac, Serbia: At this archaeological site, visitors can explore the ruins of the capital of the former Roman province of Moesia.

Cabo Prior Battery

Discover Cabo Prior Battery in Ferrol, Spain: Crumbling World War II-era gun emplacements still stand near lighthouses on the Spanish coast.

The Lagom Standard Measure

Discover The Lagom Standard Measure in Lund, Sweden: The standard measure of Lagom, a measure of what is enough.

Recsk National Memorial Park

Discover Recsk National Memorial Park in Recsk, Hungary: For decades, Hungary's Communist Party insisted this gulag had never existed.

Sankt Olof Holy Springs

Discover Sankt Olof Holy Springs in Simrishamn V, Sweden: These two springs are tied to several legends, one of which involves the travels of Saint Olof.

Stott Hall Farm

Discover Stott Hall Farm in Ripponden, England: The house in the middle of the motorway.

The Hundred Caves of Yoshimi

Discover The Hundred Caves of Yoshimi in Yoshimi, Japan: This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

Kisiljevo Cemetery

Discover Kisiljevo Cemetery in Kisiljevo, Serbia: The final resting place of one of the first alleged vampires.

Kejonuma Leisure Land

Discover Kejonuma Leisure Land in Ōsaki, Japan: A quaint amusement park that now lays rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Wagon-Roof

Discover St. Peter and St. Paul's Wagon-Roof in Shepton Mallet, England: Inside this magnificent 12th-century church is one of the finest carved wagon-roofs in all of England.

Southernmost Point of Continental Asia

Discover Southernmost Point of Continental Asia in Singapore: Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.

Paris Mint

Discover Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) in Paris, France: The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

Bois du Cazier

Discover Bois du Cazier in Charleroi, Belgium: This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.

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