Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Swann Memorial Fountain
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Kensington, Maryland
The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.
Washington, D.C.
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
New York, New York
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
Seattle, Washington
Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Rome, Italy
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
Rome, Italy
This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Cambridge, England
Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Isle of South Uist, Scotland
FIFA deemed this isolated field one of the most remarkable places to play the sport.
Perth, Scotland
In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.
Dundee, Scotland
A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.