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12 April 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 …

‘Claudia’ The Lazy Cow (Montreal, Quebec)

‘Claudia’ by Joe Fafard is perhaps one of the greatest sculptures of a cow on the planet. Resting on a small patch of grass, Claudia seems ready to fall asleep in the late afternoon sun. ...
Amstel House (New Castle, Delaware)
Hospital in the Rock (Budapest, Hungary)
Billy Carter’s Service Station (Plains, Georgia)

The Original Starbucks Coffee (Seattle, Washington)

The first Starbucks Coffee shop in the Pike Place Market of Seattle, Washington is the most famous of the coffee chains locations but it’s not actually the first. While it is most commonly called the ...
Buckhorn Exchange (Denver, Colorado)
The Griswold Inn (Essex, Connecticut)
Voodoo Doughnut (Portland, Oregon)

Big Ben (London, England)

One of the most recognized landmarks in the world, Big Ben is actually not the name of a building but rather a bell, or rather a nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at ...
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 ...
Rainbow Mountain (Cusco, Peru)

In the Ausangate mountain region of the Peruvian Andes just a few hours outside of Cusco, Peru are mountains so uncommonly colored that they have become internationally known as Rainbow Mountain (not to be confused with The ...
Brighton Bathing Boxes (Melbourne, Australia)

The Brighton Bathing Boxes are multi-colored timber huts that line the beach of one of Melbourne’s most exclusive neighborhoods. Brighton was for many years in the late nineteenth century the favorite seaside destination for of ...

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 ...
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 ...
Yellowstone

Established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on 1 March, 1872, Yellowstone National Park was the first National Park in the United States. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and ...
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 ...

London Bridge (Lake Havasu City, Arizona)

The 1831 London Bridge was the last project of engineer John Rennie and was completed by his son, also named John Rennie (often called John Rennie the Younger). Prior to its life in sunny Arizona, the bridge spanned ...
Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, Australia)
Nine Arches Bridge (Ella, Sri Lanka)
The Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, California)
Peace Bridge (Calgary, Alberta)

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 ...
The Gateway Arch (St. Louis, Missouri)
Fraunces Tavern (Manhattan, New York)
Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France)
The Empire State Building (New York, New York)

The Gateway Arch (St. Louis, Missouri)

St. Louis, Missouri, located along the western bank of the Mississippi River on the border with Illinois is home to the tallest manmade arch in the world. The Gateway Arch is a 630 foot (192m) ...
Mustangs at Las Colinas (Irving, Texas)

Commemorating the wild mustangs that were so important to the original Texans before it was even a part of Mexico, Mustangs at Las Colinas is a realistic, larger than life bronze sculpture by Robert Glen. Located at ...
Neptune Fountain (Vienna, Austria)

Neptune’s Fountain, at the end of Schönbrunn Garden at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, sits at the head of a water reservoir established in 1776. The famous fountain built under the direction of Johann Wilhelm ...
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 ...

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