History

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

The home of president Truman during the Potsdam Conference, and the place from which the atomic bomb strike on Japan was triggered.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

Almost nothing but earthworks remain of this long-lost castle.

A bronze statue of a low three-legged seat commemorates a piece of furniture that started a riot.

Buried nine feet under, these houses are preserved as a stark reminder of the disastrous 1991 Unzen eruption.

This colossal underground passage paved the way for large-scale drainage and access tunnels across the U.S., but it almost wasn’t built.

Built in 1869, this one-room rural schoolhouse welcomes visitors to travel back to 1904 school day.

This Art Nouveau mansion was used as the "House of the Screaming Child" in Dario Argento’s giallo classic.

An ancient cemetery hides behind a line of disparate chapels.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.