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20 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 …

The Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais, Michigan)

Built in 1926 by the Pioneer Cooperage Company, the Pickle Barrel House, a historic piece of novelty architecture, is exactly what it sounds like, a larger-than-life pickle barrel that served as a summer home for ...
Sandy Hill Tavern (West Caln Township, Pennsylvania)
National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green, Kentucky)
Toy Soldiers (Toronto, Ontario)

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 ...
Louis’ Lunch (New Haven, Connecticut)
The Griswold Inn (Essex, Connecticut)
Buckhorn Exchange (Denver, Colorado)

Pompeii (Italy)

The city of Pompeii was once a bustling city on a hill just across from the modern city of Naples. Along with Herculaneum and many small villages in the surrounding area, Pompeii was destroyed by ...
The Temple of Heaven (Beijing, China)

Located in southern Beijing, The Temple of Heaven was first constructed in 1420 in the 18th year of the reign of Ming emperor Yongle. The Temple of Heaven was extended and renovated during the reigns ...
The World’s Oldest Clocks

While nearly every person walking the planet can now look at their wrist or in their pocket to discover the time, it was not always that way. There was in fact a time, and not ...
The “Fab Four” Beatles Statue (Liverpool, England)

For a large portion of the world Liverpool, England is known for one thing. Being the birthplace of the Beatles. And while there are plenty of things that make Liverpool a great place to visit, ...

Saint Basil’s Cathedral (Moscow, Russia)

Located on the edge of Red Square and just a stones throw from the Moscow River, Saint Basil’s Cathedral is one of the most recognized churches in the world, second only to St Peter’s Basilica ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

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 ...
Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, Australia)
Nine Arches Bridge (Ella, Sri Lanka)
Rialto Bridge (Venice, Italy)
The Brooklyn Bridge

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 ...
Garces Circle (Bakersfield, California)
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Fraunces Tavern (Manhattan, New York)
Maryland State House at Annapolis

Two Rabbits (St. Louis, Missouri)

Sculptor Tom Claassen is known for creating subject matter that seems light and weightless while actually being nearly permanent and immovable. His untitled piece, commonly refereed to as “Two Rabbits”, at the Citygarden in St. ...
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 ...
Cloud Gate (Chicago, Illinois)

Inspired by liquid mercury, Cloud Gate often called “The Bean” is a public sculpture designed by British artist Anish Kapoor. The crowning jewel of Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois, Cloud Gate looks as if it ...
Large Metal Buddy Holly Glasses (El Prado, New Mexico)

Contemporary art is sometimes found in the most unlikely of places and while it’s often designed to stand on its own apart from the rest of the world, that’s not always the case. Located on ...

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