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4 June 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 …

Bent’s Old Fort (Otero County, Colorado)

Bent’s Old Fort is a rebuilt structure and historic landmark in Otero County Colorado. Built by the Bent, St. Vrain Company, Bent’s Old Fort was important for trading with Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians ...
The 4th Avenue Theatre (Anchorage, Alaska)
Plymouth Rock (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Ernest Hemingway Home (Key West, Florida)

Pete’s Tavern (New York, New York)

Pete’s Tavern in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, is a historic pub and local literary attraction. Thanks in part to a somewhat strange relationship with writer O. Henry, the bar now called Pete’s has ...
The Temple Bar (Dublin, Ireland)
Billy Burger (Wilbur, Washington)
Fort Wayne’s Famous Coney Island (Ft. Wayne, Indiana)

Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tuscon, Arizona)

Named after Francis Xavier, a Christian missionary, Mission San Xavier del Bac is an historic Spanish mission just 10 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1692 by Padre Esuebio Kino, it was placed in ...
Charles Bridge (Prague, Czech Republic)

The Charles Bridge (Karlův most) is one of the places where pictures do no justice compared to standing there and taking in the breathtaking views. With historic and beautiful architecture on both sides of the ...
The Dragon’s Backbone / Longji Terraced Rice Fields

The Dragon’s Backbone (Longji Terraced Rice Fields) has got to be the best possible name to describe what is essentially a complicated group of terraced rice farms. Construction of the terraces began during the Yuan Dynasty ...
Pamukkale (Turkey)

Made of white limestone and travertine terraces, the thermal springs in the Denizili Province of southwestern Turkey are the world’s most famous hot springs. Since classical antiquity people have been drawn to the thermal springs ...

Pamukkale (Turkey)

Made of white limestone and travertine terraces, the thermal springs in the Denizili Province of southwestern Turkey are the world’s most famous hot springs. Since classical antiquity people have been drawn to the thermal springs ...
Quito, Ecuador

Flanked by volcanoes and near the Galapagos Islands, Quito, Ecuador is one of the most unique cities in South America. Located in the northern highlands in the Guayllabamab river basin, Quito is the closest capital ...
Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia)

One of the most recognizable sites in the entire country, the Sydney Opera House was designed by Danish Architect Jørn Ulzon and opened on 20 October 1973. The work was sanctioned by the government of ...
Stari Most (Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Widely considered to be one of the most exemplary pieces of Islamic architecture in the Balkans, Stari Most, commonly referred to as the Old Bridge, was an Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in ...

Chain of Rocks Bridge (Missouri to Illinois)

The Chain of Rocks Bridge, sometimes called the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge is a 5,353 feet (1,632 m) long pedestrian bridge most notable for its 22-degree bend roughly in the middle of the crossing. Originally the ...
Tower Bridge (London, England)
Stari Most (Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Big Dam Bridge (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Glenfinnan Viaduct (Glenfinnan, Scotland)

The Space Needle (Seattle, Washington)

There are few landmarks so intimately tied to a city that it’s difficult to think of one without the other. Among that list are the Golden Gate Bridge, The London Eye, the Statue of Liberty, ...
Bent’s Old Fort (Otero County, Colorado)
The Walls of Ávila (Ávila, Spain)
Garces Circle (Bakersfield, California)
The City That’s a National Historic Landmark. (Cape May, New Jersey)

Giant Gavel (Columbus, Ohio)

The largest judicial gavel in the world is in the form of a stainless steel sculpture located in a reflecting pool just outside the Ohio Supreme Court in beautiful downtown Columbus, Ohio. Officially known as ...
Toy Soldiers (Toronto, Ontario)

The Monument to the War of 1812, or as it’s more commonly known, Toy Soldiers, is a large public sculpture in Toronto, Ontario. Situated in the CityPlace neighborhood adjacent to Fort York, Toy Soldiers was ...
The Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, California)

The Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles, California has over the course of its life most definitely become more than just a sign. The famous landmark in the Hollywood Hills has become a symbol of everything ...
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)

The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, the first President of the United States and once commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. Due east of ...

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