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Tucson, Arizona
Agua Caliente Park
Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fréjus Place
This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Trappist Monastery
The ruins of a burned-down monastery have become a serene park and community space.Â
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8 Historical Must-Sees in Granbury, Texas
Get a taste of the wild west in this picturesque Texas town.
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Where to Find Dark Skies in the Texas Hill Country
Fredericksburg is one of Texas’ newest Dark Sky Communities, which makes stargazing here out of this world.
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Podcast: The Places Team's Favorite Atlas Entries
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
New York, New York
Bryant Park Escape Hatch
A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.
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Reuniting a Pilot and a Lost Drone Is Some Spy-Level Stuff
It started with some serious sleuthing skills and ended with a new friendship.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Lindner Park and Nature Preserve
Historical structures and natural wonders await visitors to this preserve.
Florence, Texas
‘It’s Chaos, Be Kind’
A community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.
McLean, Virginia
Burling Cabin Site
The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.
Blasdell, New York
Penn Dixie Fossil Park
More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.
Hemer, Germany
Hemer Felsenmeer
Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.
Temple Ewell, England
Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens
Two beautiful Victorian-era parks replete with ornamental waterfalls and lakes.
Merliot, El Salvador
'The Little Prince' Park
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 book shares a surprising connection with El Salvador.
Toronto, Ontario
The Guild Inn Estate
The remains of a once-famous hotel that also acted as an artist colony.
Soufriere, Saint Lucia
Gros Piton
The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.
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