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1 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 …

Oldest Post Office in the U.S. (Hinsdale, New Hampshire)

Old post offices are hardly noteworthy in New England, but to the rest of the United States, the historic Hinsdale Post Office in Hinsdale, New Hampshire has become something of a tourist attraction and curiosity. ...
Giant Artichoke (Castroville, California)
The World of Coca-Cola (Atlanta, Georgia)
Čumil (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop is the oldest bar in the United States. Sort of. Sitting at the corner of St. Philip Street and Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, Laffite’s Blacksmith Shop ...
Ten Oldest Restaurants in the United States
The Market Square of Bruges | The Markt (Bruges, Belgium)
Pete’s Tavern (New York, New York)

Plum Orchard Mansion (Cumberland Island, Georgia)

Designed by the well known firm Peabody and Stearns whom had been hired by Lucy Carnegie to design the home for her son George Lauder Carnegie (the nephew of Andrew Carnegie) and his wife Margaret ...
Hospital in the Rock (Budapest, Hungary)

The Hospital in the Rock Museum was a functional hospital turned Nuclear Bunker built in the beginning of WWII. Flowing deep into the caverns below Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary, the hospital system was created ...
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 ...
Helen, Georgia

Helen, Georgia is a little replica of a Bavarian alpine city located in the Appalachians rather than the Alps. The design was mandated through zoning regulations adopted in 1969 and turned this former declining logging ...

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Walls of Ávila (Ávila, Spain)

The Walls of Ávila, in central Spain are a well known and widely recognized symbol of the city, and it is highly likely that they are the main reason Ávila is one of the most ...

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 ...
London Bridge (Lake Havasu City, Arizona)
Big Dam Bridge (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Stari Most (Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Chain of Rocks Bridge (Missouri to Illinois)

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) ...
The Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, California)
Ernest Hemingway Home (Key West, Florida)
The Walls of Ávila (Ávila, Spain)
Maryland State House at Annapolis

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 ...
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 ...
Sandpoint Statue of Liberty (Sandpoint, Idaho)

Small Statues of Liberty are fairly common in the United States (and around the world), but Sandpoint, Idaho has given their Lady Liberty an especially scenic backdrop by standing her at the end of a ...
The Women’s Table (New Haven, Connecticut)

The Women’s Table at Yale was designed by Maya Lin, the famous alumni best known for designing the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in 1982, and is the most visible sign of the commemoration of ...

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