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Reykjavik, Iceland

Reykjavík 871±2

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Longest Known Mastodon Trackway

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.
Johnmeszaros Added by Johnmeszaros
Chillicothe, Ohio

Hopewell Culture National Historic Park

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.
Added by kfs386
Alna, Maine

Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum

Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.
Michelle Cassidy Added by Michelle Cassidy
Rome, Italy

Pasticceria Boccione

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.
Sam OBrien Added by Sam OBrien
Larisa, Greece

First Ancient Theatre of Larissa

Dedicated to the god Dionysus, this theatre was used for both musical and theatrical performances.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Naples, Italy

Fontana del Gigante

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Tucson, Arizona

Mission San Xavier Del Bac

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.
Added by jessicaking72
Gravina in Puglia, Italy

Ponte Acquedotto

An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Harvard, Massachusetts

Fruitlands Museum

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.
HistMA Added by HistMA
Naples, Italy

San Gennaro Mural

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Naples, Italy

Via dei Presepi

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Brindisi, Italy

Roman Columns of Brindisi

It's believed that these columns marked the end of the Via Appia.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Athens, Greece

Temple of Artemis Agrotera

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania

'Newspaper Reader'

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.
bakedinthehole Added by bakedinthehole
Union, Illinois

Illinois Railway Museum

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.
acope Added by acope
Clinton, Massachusetts

Wachusett Dam and Reservoir

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.
TheDiscoveryService Added by TheDiscoveryService
Palermo, Italy

'Trionfo della Morte'

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.
Added by salvatoreraieli
Palermo, Italy

Vigili del Fuoco

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.
ThomLaB Added by ThomLaB
Erice, Italy

Phoenician Walls of Erice

Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Turin, Italy

Egyptian Museum of Turin

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Tarquinia, Italy

Etruscan Necropolises of Tarquinia and Cerveteri

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Colares, Portugal

Cabo da Roca

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."
Added by wermworm
Athens, Greece

Ritual of Periarosis Column

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.
gus619USA Added by gus619USA