Buyoya – Inspiring Travel

7 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 …

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 ...
Byodo-In Temple (O’ahu, Hawaii)
The Rocky Steps (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Neuschwanstein (Füssen, Germany)

Voodoo Doughnut (Portland, Oregon)

Tres Shannon and Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson, the owners of Voodoo Doughnut started their doughnut journey in the small Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, California. Upon their return to Portland, the two started building ...
The Market Square of Bruges | The Markt (Bruges, Belgium)
Buckhorn Exchange (Denver, Colorado)
The Big Chicken (Marietta, Georgia)

Reschensee (South Tyrol, Italy)

Approximately 1 mile (2 km) south of the Reschen Pass, which forms the border between Italy and Austria in South Tyrol, Italy, sits Reschensee or as it’s commonly called Lake Reschen. The 120 million cubic meter artificial lake ...
Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles, California)

Featured in more than 30 major motion pictures, the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California became an international symbol of the city after it was used in two scenes from James Deans “Rebel Without a ...
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 ...
Navigating the Witches Market (La Paz, Bolivia)

La Paz, Bolivia is a city where the modern and the ancient walk hand in hand. A city where you can unironically hear a jazz pan flute from a shop window and it doesn’t seem ...

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 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 ...
Fraser Island (Queensland, Australia)

Off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia at over 120 km, Fraser Island in the largest sand island in the world. Famous for its ribbons of colored sand, rocky cliffs, and freshwater pools this island ...
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 ...

Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, Australia)

Influenced by The Hell Gate Bridge in New York City, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was designed and built by the British architecture firm Dorman Long and Co. Ltd. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened to ...
Chain of Rocks Bridge (Missouri to Illinois)
London Bridge (Lake Havasu City, Arizona)
Big Dam Bridge (Little Rock, Arkansas)
The Brooklyn Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, California)

When the average American is asked about San Francisco, California there are a limited number of things that immediately come to mind. The first of those is almost always the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden ...
The Space Needle (Seattle, Washington)
The Empire State Building (New York, New York)
Anson Opera House (Anson, Texas)
Isaac Newton’s Apple Tree (Lincolnshire, England)

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. ...
Flat Iron Sculpture (Asheville, North Carolina)

Created by artist Reed Todd in 1997, the Flat Iron Sculpture in Asheville, North Carolina is conveniently positioned across from the city’s famous 1926 Flat Iron Building. Loved by locals and tourists alike, Todd’s sculpture ...
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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