A unique World War II memorial commemorates where the American B-17 bomber Man-O-War crashed.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Serbia.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

The exit of the largest prisoner-of-war escape attempt on American soil during World War II.

An impressive Sasquatch statue marks the spot of a fated Bigfoot encounter that changed a community.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

Eat and drink at a pub older than the Magna Carta

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

The remains of one of Wales’ great medieval buildings, with a pub in the cellar.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

A rare memorial paying homage to an altruistic woman from the 19th-century.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

A memorial to the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, who died at this location, along with seven others, in a plane crash in 2002.

The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.

This lakeside bunker complex in Mamerki, Poland, housed the Supreme Military Command of Nazi Germany during World War II.

An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.

This unique museum focuses on the Siege of Sarajevo through children's eyes.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.