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28 May 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 Big Bat (Louisville, Kentucky)

The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory is not just a home to the world-famous baseball bat producer. It’s also a place for them to show off some of their heritage and more importantly, it’s home ...
Blue Swallow Motel (Tucumcari, New Mexico)
Amstel House (New Castle, Delaware)
The Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, California)

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 ...
The Market Square of Bruges | The Markt (Bruges, Belgium)
Billy Burger (Wilbur, Washington)
The Griswold Inn (Essex, Connecticut)

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 ...
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 ...
Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tuscon, Arizona)

Named after Francis Xavier, a Christian missionary, Mission San Xavier del Bac is an historic Spanish mission just 10 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1692 by Padre Esuebio Kino, it was placed in ...
Hungarian Parliament Building (Budapest, Hungary)

Completed in 1902, the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest is a shining example of Neo-Gothic architecture. Construction began on the building in 1896 to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Hungary, the Parliament contains 601 rooms ...

The Taj Mahal (Agra, India)

On the south bank of the Yamuna river in Agra, India sits the most famous mausoleum in the world. Perhaps the greatest monument ever built for love and loss, the Taj Mahal, commissioned in 1632 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Brooklyn Bridge

Without The Brooklyn Bridge the city of New York could look very different today in several ways. The combination cable-stayed/suspension bridge was built in 1883 making it one of the oldest continually used and most ...
Tower Bridge (London, England)
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Budapest, Hungary)
London Bridge (Lake Havasu City, Arizona)
Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, Australia)

Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France)

Next to the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. On the western edge of the Champs-Élysées pretty much directly in the ...
Bodiam Castle (Robertsbridge, England)
Stonehenge (Wiltshire, England)
The Walls of Ávila (Ávila, Spain)
Garces Circle (Bakersfield, California)

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 ...
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 ...
“Transcendence” (Portland, Oregon)

Portland, Oregon is somewhat known for being a refuge of sorts for people looking to leave an artistic impact on the world, making the sculpture Transcendence fit right in. Fittingly located in the brickwork 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 ...

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