In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.