Mill Ends Park (Portland, Oregon)
Mill Ends Park is the smallest urban park in the world. Located in a median strip on the SW Naito Parkway in Portland, Oregon, Mill Ends Park is a circle shaped plot of land 2 …
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Clamshell Shell Station (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
While eight clamshell Shell Oil stations were built in the 1930’s, seven of them were in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Sitting alone as a beacon of times long forgotten, the last of these stations holds down …
Fort Wayne’s Famous Coney Island (Ft. Wayne, Indiana)
Fort Wayne’s Famous Coney Island, commonly known as Coney Island celebrated its 100th year in the same location in 2014. Opened by three Greek immigrants in 1914 and purchased by Macedonians immigrants in 1916, this …
Rialto Bridge (Venice, Italy)
The Rialto Bridge, known in Italy as Ponte di Roalto is the oldest of the four main bridges to span the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Serving as the divide between the districts of San …
The Griswold Inn (Essex, Connecticut)
The oldest continuously run tavern in the United States is located in the quaint seaport village of Essex, Connecticut. Founded by three brothers in the late 18th century (1776 to be exact) and named for …
Randy’s Donuts (Inglewood, California)
Randy’s Donuts is a bakery and landmark building in Inglewood, California. Built in 1953, Randy’s Donuts was the second location of the Big Donut Drive-in chain which had ten locations in the 1905s. The brain-child …
The Big Shoe (Bakersfield, California)
The Big Shoe is a novelty architecture building shaped like shoe in Bakersfield, California. Or rather it is a building shaped like a shoe from the 1940’s, which puts it perfectly in line with the …
Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
High upon a hill overlooking the city and dominating the skyline of Edinburgh, Scotland, is Edinburgh Castle. Edinburgh Castle is located at the upper end of the Royal Mile, and the west edge of Edinburgh’s …
Monument Valley
Monument Valley is a large region of the Colorado Plateau and a Navajo Tribal Park, the equivalent to a national park. The isolated red mesas and sandstone buttes are surrounded by empty, but beautifully colored …
Byodo-In Temple (O’ahu, Hawaii)
Dedicated in August of 1968 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii, the Byodo-In Temple is a non-denominational temple located on the island of O’ahu, Hawaii. The temple, located at the Valley …