St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
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St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Cavendish, Vermont
The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.
Seneca Falls, New York
A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
Seneca Falls, New York
What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Innsbruck, Austria
This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Toronto, Ontario
A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.
Rock Stone Pond, Belize
An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.
Ambergris Caye, Belize
This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.
Shelburne, Vermont
A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
Noblesville, Indiana
This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.
Cusco, Peru
Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.
Bar Harbor, Maine
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Chicago, Illinois
A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.