The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.

A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.

These sculptures represent the general public's hopes and aspirations of financial prosperity.

This sycamore is Connecticut's largest tree, New England's largest sycamore, and among the largest of its kind nationwide.

These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.

One of America's oldest continuously operating hotels offers a blend of rich history and historic architecture in the heart of Annapolis.

Remnant of a largely forgotten struggle over resource scarcity.

This historic bridge connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island across whirlpool-filled waters.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

A remarkably well-preserved one room schoolhouse that dates back to 1876.

Engraved in stone here are the signatures of everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.

The old building has been restored to its 1907 appearance.

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

A collection of historical engines and rolling stock from throughout Riga's rich railway history.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.