Ernest Hemingway Home (Key West, Florida)
The Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum is one of the most popular attractions in Key West, Florida, and was the home of world famous author Ernest Hemingway. Located at 907 Whitehead Street across the street …
Roadside Attractions
Eagle of the Rock (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Eagle of the Rock, also called Presidential Eagle, is a sculpture by Sandy Scott on President Clinton Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas just the west of the entrance to Clinton Presidential Park. One of the …
Elfina the Key Deer Memorial (Key West, Florida)
There are something interesting in almost every cemetery, but the Key West City Cemetery has more than its fair share of unique sites. From funny and strange epitaphs, to the Spanish-American War veterans laid to …
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. …
The Robe Obelisk (Robe, Australia)
The Robe Obelisk was erected on Cape Dombey in 1852, and was used to aide in navigation through the entrance into Guichen Bay as well as storing rocket projected lifesaving equipment. The rockets carried baskets …
Glenfinnan Viaduct (Glenfinnan, Scotland)
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Located at the top of Loch Shiel in the West Highlands of Scotland, the viaduct overlooks the Glenfinnan Monument …
Sant Miquel d’Engolasters Church (Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra)
Built in the 11th-12th century, Església de Sant Miquel d’Engolasters is one of the best and most beautiful examples of churches in the Romanesque style anywhere in Andorra. The 12th century was the height of Romanesque art …
Plymouth Rock (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Plymouth Rock is the site of disembarkation of the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. It is most likely that the Plymouth Pilgrims did not take their first step onto the rock simply …
World’s Tallest Filing Cabinet (Burlington, Vermont)
Built in 2002 by local artist Bren Alvarez, the world’s tallest filing cabinet is more than a stack of 38 drawers. The tower is a piece of art titled “File Under File Under So. Co., Waiting for…” …
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 …