Mantua, Italy
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A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
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Mantua, Italy
A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Sauran, Kazakhstan
This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.
Dolinka, Kazakhstan
A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags.
Malinovka, Kazakhstan
A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.
Bologna, Italy
A memorial to the deadliest terror attack during an unsettled period of Italy’s recent history.
Terre Haute, Indiana
In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.
Quincy, Illinois
This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
An epic statue dedicated to the memory of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments of the U.S. Army
Hot Springs, North Carolina
North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.
Springfield, Illinois
One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.
Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.
Springfield, Illinois
The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.
Springfield, Illinois
When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.
Hamilton, Missouri
See the world's biggest spool of thread, along with the largest collection of sewing machines.
Urbana, Illinois
An actor's tribute to a former mentor.
Kearney, Missouri
One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.
Weston, Missouri
The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.
Horton, Kansas
A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."
Smith Center, Kansas
This early pioneer landmark is one of the oldest buildings in this part of Kansas and one of the few Dutch mills ever built in the state.
Weskan, Kansas
A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.
Muscotah, Kansas
This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.
Norton, Kansas
A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.