New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Places I've been
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New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Lyon, France
Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Poznań, Poland
A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.
Tbilisi, Georgia
A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."
Iceland
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Titusville, Florida
The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”
Raleigh, North Carolina
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Washington, D.C.
A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.
Lake George, New York
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.