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While the conflict between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front during World War II were part of the larger narrative of the war, they also took on a singular identity as a private war unto themselves. The tellingly-named Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Ukraine...

Located on the coast near the border to Lebanon, Israel’s Rosh HaNikra Grottoes are a popular nature site that was once only available to divers, but thanks to the installation of the world’s steepest cable car, anyone can come and see the incredibly blue waters of...

Located in a state park bearing its name, in a village that does as well, Cave-In-Rock is now a fairly peaceful public park feature, but it actually has a storied history of gambling, prostitution, piracy, murder, and general villainy.  The relatively small cave (55 feet...

Looking like the remains of some lost kingdom, the castle-like Fort Proctor in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana rises up out of the shallow waters of Lake Borgne, actually dating back only to the Civil War. But rather than being a base that was abandoned after being...

Tucked away in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, a small establishment prepares and dispenses their own range of cure-alls and remedies just as they have everyday since 1838. C. O. Bigelow Apothecary is America’s oldest operating apothecary. Providing New Yorkers with a...

Despite being dead since the 1970s, Alberta’s so-called Burmis Tree still stands in the same spot it has for the past 700 or so years, maintained since its death by a devoted locals who see the tree as a monument to a town gone by.  The mining town of Burmis was...

Looking at a picture of Santos, Brazil’s waterfront skyline something seems just a bit off. It is not always immediately apparent, but with more than a cursory look one will notice that a large portion of the buildings seem to be leaning frighteningly to one side. While the...

Tromelin Island, off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean is little more than a speck of sand covered in low-lying scrub plants, but miraculously, a group of more than 60 illegal slaves were able to survive (some of them at least) for over 15 years after being shipwrecked...

Sitting alone atop an isolated windblown English hill, Doyden Castle was created to be a secluded stronghold of sin where one wealthy businessman and his friends could get as debauched as they wanted to, the historic mini-castle is now a bucolic holiday home. Built around the...

Stuck in a perpetual state of decay on the French shore at Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, the massive metal sculpture entitled, Serpent D’Océan is a terrifying vision with an environmental message.  The skeletal serpent was unveiled in 2012 as part...