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20 September 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 Milk Bottle Grocery (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

The Milk Bottle Grocery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was a small grocery store on an oddly shaped corner with a giant metal Braum’s milk bottle on its roof. The store was built in 1930, and ...
Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles, California)
The “Fab Four” Beatles Statue (Liverpool, England)
Barossa Valley (South Australia)

Louis’ Lunch (New Haven, Connecticut)

The humble hamburger was created, so the story goes, in 1900 in response to a customer’s hurried request for a lunch to go. It was at Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut that this historic ...
Antoine’s (New Orleans, Louisiana)
The Big Chicken (Marietta, Georgia)
Fraunces Tavern (Manhattan, New York)

World’s Smallest City Block (Dothan, Alabama)

Not one to be outdone by Portland, Oregon and their tiny Mill Ends Park that claims the title of the world’s smallest park, the town of Dothan, Alabama has its own world’s smallest record. Dothan ...
The Imperial Palace (Tokyo, Japan)

Located in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, the Imperial Palace of Japan occupies the same site of the original the Tokugawa shogunate’s castle, the Edo-jō. During its peak it was the largest fortress in the ...
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 ...
Laguna Quilotoa (Quilotoa, Ecuador)

The water-filled caldera and westernmost volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes Quilotoa hasn’t erupted in over 800 years and has turned into one of the most beautiful hiking spots in all of Ecuador. After a dormant ...

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 ...
New Seven Wonders of the World

The New Seven Wonders of the World, or rather the New7Wonders was a campaign and popularity poll to select seven existing sites from a selection of 200 around the world that were historically and socially ...
Chichen Itza (Yucatán, Mexico)

Located in the eastern portion of Yucatán state in Mexico, the ruins of Chichen Itza stand as the single greatest example of Mayan architecture. This sacred site was one of the greatest Mayan centers of the Yucatán ...
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 ...

Tower Bridge (London, England)

One of the most iconic attractions in London is the Tower Bridge. A combined bascule and suspension bridge that crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge connects the Southwark ...
The Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, California)
London Bridge (Lake Havasu City, Arizona)
Dragon Bridge (Da Nang, Vietnam)
Nine Arches Bridge (Ella, Sri Lanka)

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 ...
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
The Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, California)
Fraunces Tavern (Manhattan, New York)
The Original Starbucks Coffee (Seattle, Washington)

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 ...
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 ...
Carhenge (Alliance, Nebraska)

In the great tradition of replicas of England’s famous Stonehenge, the city of Alliance, Nebraska offers the world Carhenge. Located int eh High Plains region of the United States, this interesting replica uses cars stacked ...
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 ...

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