Famous Landmarks
The world's famous landmarks inspire wonder and have been celebrated for centuries. Learn more about famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal.
How Pompeii Worked
Top 10 Most Controversial Historical Sites
How Easter Island Works
Check Out 7 of the Most Beautiful Libraries in the World
Have You Ridden Any of the 10 Tallest Ferris Wheels in the World?
The Story of the Cecil, One of the Creepiest Hotels in the World
France Is Sending Lady Liberty's 'Mini Me' to New York
20 Facts About the Statue of Liberty
The Illustrious History of the Statue of Liberty
10 Most Endangered Lighthouses in the World
How Lighthouses Work
Lighthouse Pictures
The Museum of Failure Celebrates Flops and Fiascoes
The Disgusting Food Museum: One Man's Yuck Is Another Man's Yum
6 Sweet Spots Every Chocolate-lover Should Visit
'Witness Trees' Testify to History, Embody Hope for Visitors
Mind-blowing Design Contest for Future National Memorials
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These gorgeous libraries would make a bookworm out of almost anyone. Have you visited any of the seven we find most beautiful?
The first Ferris wheels were built for fun, but now they're being built for the spectacular views they provide. Here are 10 spectacular rides you may want to check out.
Remember Crystal Pepsi, Google Glass? They're part of the Museum of Failure, a shrine to innovations that bombed with the public.
By Dave Roos
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A 9-foot bronze Statue of Liberty cast from the original plaster model is coming to America. It's in honor of the long friendship between France and America, and will be a highlight of New York City's Independence Day celebration.
By Sarah Gleim
Perhaps best known as the last home of Elisa Lam before her mysterious death, the Cecil Hotel has a sordid past full of murders and mayhem. Care to step inside?
What's nauseating and inedible to one man is ambrosia to another. The cultural differences people have around food are the reason for Sweden's Disgusting Food Museum.
Serious chocoholics can't get enough of their favorite treat and are always looking for ways to get more of it. These chocolate-themed attractions should help satisfy their sweet teeth.
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You probably know that the equator is the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. But do you know on which side of 0 degrees latitude these famous landmarks fall?
By Alia Hoyt
You might be stuck at home under quarantine, but that doesn't mean you can't get your cultural fix, virtually, anyway. Here are nine amazing choices.
The lynching memorial and its sister project, the Legacy Museum, in Montgomery, Alabama, cause Americans to reflect on a past they'd rather forget or know little about. We pay a visit.
The twisting trail wasn’t the most direct route, but its heart-pounding ascents past other ceremonial sites built suspense for the final reveal.
By Dave Roos
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From the beginning, this project was mired in political infighting, lack of funds and construction delays. Sounds familiar? Find out more intriguing facts about the Washington Monument.
By Dave Roos
These destinations are definitely for folks drawn to the dark side of life.
By Chris Opfer
The Statue of Liberty has symbolized freedom across the world for more than a century. But there's a lot more to Lady Liberty's story.
By Sarah Gleim
Lady Liberty has stood in New York Harbor for more than a century, symbolizing freedom to the millions of refugees who have emigrated to the shores of the United States.
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It could be your last chance to check out the colossal statues of the first 43 presidents' heads — yes, heads.
The $50 million facility was designated as the country's official cultural institution for comedy by the U.S. Congress. So what's inside?
It may not get you to Hogwarts, but it's still fun to take your picture there.
India's Supreme Court ordered the government to either tear down the Taj Mahal or spend the money to restore it properly. Why is repairing famous landmarks such an uphill battle?
By Dave Roos
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The World Heritage Committee added 19 new sites: 13 cultural, three natural and three mixed sites to its list, bringing the total number to more than 1,000 in 167 countries.
You don't have to travel to Greece to see the Parthenon; there's a full-scale replica in Nashville, Tennessee.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii in 79 C.E. was a horrible disaster. So why are people so enthralled with the ashy remains of the ancient city?
The rise of Hindu nationalist political parties and the iconic tomb's Islamic identity underscore religious friction in the world's largest democracy.
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Trees that survived horrific or important events provide strong emotional connections for visitors to the historic sites.
By Dave Roos
When Carnegie Museum of Natural History conservators examined the diorama "Lion Attacking a Dromedary," they found a human skull in the male figure.
By Alia Hoyt