Bayard, Nebraska
Chimney Rock
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Places I've been
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Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Lumpkin, Georgia
Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
Rome, Georgia
World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Atlanta, Georgia
Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Cartersville, Georgia
These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.
Alpharetta, Georgia
A man's home is his castle.
Pensacola Beach, Florida
Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.
Pensacola, Florida
A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
Verona, Italy
A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Milan, Italy
Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.