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8 July 2026

West Kern Oil Museum

West Kern Oil Museum (Taft, California)

When people outside California think about the San Joaquin Valley (which they rarely do), it’s often farms that fill their minds. While there are plenty of farms here, this inland region of California is also …

Giant Artichoke in Castroville, California

Giant Artichoke (Castroville, California)

Naturally low expectations are not unexpected for a restaurant that attracts tourists with a giant artichoke, but there’s a rich farming history behind Castroville, California’s Giant Artichoke. It was Spanish settlers who originally brought artichokes …

Isaac Newton's Apple Tree

Isaac Newton’s Apple Tree (Lincolnshire, England)

An old and gnarled apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England would be interesting but not particularly noteworthy if it happened to live in any other place at any other time. One particular tree however …

Shoes on the Danube Bank

Shoes on the Danube Bank (Budapest, Hungary)

Located on the Pest side of the Danube Promenade, about 300 meters (980 ft) south of the Hungarian Parliament, Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial sculpture in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director …

Spam Museum

The Spam Museum (Austin, Minnesota)

Austin, Minnesota is home to a special museum dedicated to one particular brand of canned precooked meat. The museum’s first home at Austin’s Oak Park Mall opened as the Hormel Foods First Century Museum in …

Exorcist Stairs (Washington D.C.)

Located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. at the corner of Prospect St NW and 36th St NW, The Exorcist Steps are famous for being featured in the film The Exorcist. The stone steps ...
Chain of Rocks Bridge (Missouri to Illinois)
The Statue of Liberty (New York, New York)
Voodoo Doughnut (Portland, Oregon)

The Temple Bar (Dublin, Ireland)

Temple Bar often refers to the region and not to the pub which is known as “The Temple Bar”. For the sake of being thorough we have included a little information about both. But let’s ...
Pete’s Tavern (New York, New York)
McGillin’s Olde Ale House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Café Du Monde (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Mill Ends Park (Portland, Oregon)

Mill Ends Park is the smallest urban park in the world. Located in a median strip on the SW Naito Parkway in Portland, Oregon, Mill Ends Park is a circle shaped plot of land 2 ...
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Budapest, Hungary)

Named in honor of István Széchenyi and opened in 1849, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge (often simply called The Chain Bridge) is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between the western and eastern side ...
Petra, Jordan

Famous for its rock cut architecture and advanced water conduit system, Petra is a historical city and archaeological site in Jordan. Inhabited since prehistoric times, Petra served as an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt, and ...
Rurrenabaque, Bolivia

In northern Bolivia, on the edge or the Beni River sits Rurrenabaque. Nestled in the Bolivian rainforest and secluded from La Paz, this small town is a great place to start an adventure in the ...

The Statue of Liberty (New York, New York)

The Statue of Liberty (French: La Liberté éclairant le monde), was a gift to the United States from the people of France and was dedicated on 28, October, 1886. The statue itself is technically called ...
The Great Wall, China

The Great Wall of China is one of The New7Wonders of the World, and with its 13,171 miles (21,196 km) of length is actually a series of fortifications, earth mounds, and small connecting walls rather ...
Uluru (Northern Territory, Australia)

Uluru, formerly known to much of the world as Ayers Rock, is a giant sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. The area around the formation is home ...
Brihadeeswarar (Thanjavur, India)

Most commonly refereed to as simply The Big Temple, Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, India, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Brihadeeswarar Temple (sometimes spelled Brihadishvara Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil) was built by Raja ...

Peace Bridge (Calgary, Alberta)

Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, Peace Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that accommodates both cyclists and foot traffic across the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta. Most often referred to as the Finger Trap Bridge, because of its uncanny similarity to a finger ...
Stari Most (Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Glenfinnan Viaduct (Glenfinnan, Scotland)
Rialto Bridge (Venice, Italy)
The Brooklyn Bridge

Bodiam Castle (Robertsbridge, England)

Bodiam Castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England is a moated castle built in the late 14th century. Built by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III in 1385, Bodiam Castle helped defend ...
The Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, California)
Stonehenge (Wiltshire, England)
The Empire State Building (New York, New York)
Abraham Lincoln’s Home (Springfield, Illinois)

Bamahenge (Elberta, Alabama)

In a clearing of pine trees some 600 feet (183 meters) from the entrance to a marina on the Gulf Coast of Elberta, Alabama, there is a remarkably unrealistic recreation of the world famous ancient ...
The Angel of the North (Gateshead, England)

The Angel of the North is quite possibly the greatest and most famous contemporary sculpture that most people around the world have never seen, which is interesting because it’s actually seen by one person every ...
Chief Kyan Totem Pole (Ketchikan, Alaska)

With more than 80 in the city, the largest collection of totem poles in the world is found in Ketchikan, Alaska between Totem Bright State Historical Park, Saxman Native American Village, and the Totem Heritage ...
Storelgen (Stor-Elvdal, Norway)

Storelgen, more commonly known as the Big Elk, is despite its 34 feet of height, not the world’s largest sculpture of a moose. Though it briefly held that title, it is currently outpaced by only ...

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