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Courtyard of the medieval hospital of Saint-Esprit, now the Hotel Dieu, Beaune, France.
6 Significant Hospitals
Xi'an clay terracota soldiers, China. Terracotta Army inside the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, 3rd century BCE.
21 Tombs Around the World
Salt mines Salinas de Maras, Cusco, Peru. Altiplano in South America. Maras town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. salt evaporation up-slope ponds
10 Mines That Aren’t Just Holes in the Ground
Caption: French troops are being relieved by fresh troops at Verdun. View shows horses lined up in front of shelters, ca. 1914-1918. (World War I)
5 Surprisingly Fascinating Forts in France
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's House, Weimar,Germany; photocrom print published between 1890-1900.
5 Historically Significant Houses in Germany
The exterior of the Victoria terminus railway station, Mumbai, India. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, UNESCO World Heritage site)
5 Transit Stations Worth Seeing
Sforzesco Castle, Milan.
6 Stately Castles in Italy
Cologne. Cologne Cathedral. Aerial Cologne, Germany. Roman Catholic church on the Rhine river by Hohenzollern Bridge (right), eclipses all other historic buildings. Largest Gothic church in northern Europe. UNESCO World Heritage site, Gothic architecture
5 Spectacular Churches in Germany
Pre-historic cave painting in the Lascaux cave in Montignac, France
11 Caves That Made History
Water droplets on flat surface.
Water Explained in 5 Questions
Giacomo della Porta. The Fountain of Neptune also known as the Calderari fountain in the northern end of Piazza Navona. The basins are work of Giacomo della Porta. The statue of Neptune by Antonio Della Bitta was added in 1878.
4 Fountains in Italy (and 1 in England)
Ancient ruins of the Library of Celsus, with the Gate of Mazeus and Mithridates on right which serves as the south gate to the Agora at Ephesus, near Selcuk, Turkey.
6 Notable Libraries
Exterior of Wrigley Field Home of the Chicago Cubs. Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field Chicago, IL. National League baseball stadium. Major League Baseball (MLB). Baseball stadium.
7 Significant Stadiums
The Pond Gardens, Hampton Court palace and garden, London, England. (horizontal)
9 Palaces in England
Nativity facade of Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain. Cathedral of La Sagrada Familia, designed by Antonio Guadi.
10 Iconic Churches in Spain
Transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2-also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus) - isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Spikes...
COVID-19 in 20 Questions
Gutzon Borglum. Presidents. Sculpture. National park. George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Theodore Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.
9 Memorials and Monuments in the United States
Milan Cathedral Against Sky During Sunset, Italy
19 Essential Italian Churches
Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.
5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections
Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding
7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers 
All Saints Day. All Souls Day. Candles in cemetery in Poland on All Saints Day, November 1. All Souls Day, November 2. Christian church, All Hallows, Solemnity of All Saints, Feast of All Saints, purgatory, Roman Catholic church
7 Unique Burial Rituals Across the World
Portrait of western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), Bayanga, Central African Republic
Gorilla gorilla, Sula sula, and Other Animals Whose Names Are Tautonyms—the Same for Genus and Species
Meeting of leaders in W.W.I, General Hindenburg, Kaiser William II, General Ludendorff examine maps during World War I in Germany.
Military Commanders of World War I
German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.
Weapons of World War I

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Leonardo DiCaprio (L) and Kate Winslet in a scene from the motion picture Titanic (1997) directed by James Cameron. Academy Awards, Oscars, cinema, film, movie
9 Love Stories with Tragic Endings
From Romeo and Juliet to Ennis and Jack, a look back at nine love stories with tragic endings.
Specially designed Cassini orbits place Earth and Cassini on opposite sides of Saturn's rings, a geometry known as occultation. Cassini conducted the first radio occultation observation of Saturn's rings on May 3, 2005. (solar system, planets)
10 Places to Visit in the Solar System
Having a tough time deciding where to go on vacation? The solar system is full of amazing (and uncrowded) destinations.
38th Parallel. Korean War. demilitarized zone (DMZ). Crossing the 38th parallel. United Nations forces withdraw from Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. They recrossed the 38th parallel, 1950. The DMZ was created July 27, 1953 at P'anmunjom.
8 Hotly Disputed Borders of the World
Alexander and Porus, c1673. Detail showing Alexander the Great. Charles Le Brun (1619-1690/French), H 4,70 m; L 12,64 m., INV. 2897 Oil on Canvas. In the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
11 Handsome Historical Figures
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. October 10, 2012.
6 Signs It’s Already the Future

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