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The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

This statue by a foremost African sculptor presents the leader in Haiti's independence struggle as a heroic figure contemplating his fledgling nation's constitution.

This lake with an inactive volcano underneath is often said to be bottomless.

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.

This deserted town in the hills of Croatia’s "party island" may have a scandalous connection to King Henry VIII.

Once the entry route for Aragonese nobility into the square which hosted the parliament of the time.

Hidden away in a back alley, this Art Nouveau cafe has been in business since 1882.

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

Every fifth of November, effigies of Guy Fawkes are thrown onto bonfires across Great Britain. But this Guy has managed to survive his fiery fate for almost 300 years.

The tallest stone dam in Poland was opened by Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.

This seaside museum boasts a colorful collection of over 3,000 shells, the largest in Taiwan.

These crumbling ruins are all that's left of the ancestral home of Clan Crawford.

Florence’s archaeological museum displays an ordinary stool that once shattered one of its most prized artifacts.

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

Tucked away in Jacksonville's oldest neighborhood, this museum stands as a repository and celebration of outsider art.

When local government began removing public benches, the public pushed back, and vibrant, community-built seating now outnumbers the official shelters at Chattanooga bus stops.

Once a huge limestone cave that collapsed thousands of years ago, this scenic ravine is also an important archaeological site.

A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.