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Dunblane, Scotland

Queen Victoria's Horseshoe

Perhaps the smallest monument dedicated to one of Great Britain's longest serving monarchs.
SEANETTA Added by SEANETTA
Coldstream, Scotland

Coldstream Marriage House

This Scottish tollhouse was a destination for clandestine marriages in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Walhain, Belgium

Geographic Center of Belgium

This metal monument marking the middle of Belgium represents three regions coming together to form one country.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Newark, New Jersey

Philip Roth Personal Library

View roughly 7,000 books amassed over decades by the author and avid bibliophile.
Anna Minster Added by Anna Minster
Edinburgh, Scotland

Sherlock Holmes Statue

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.
honeytea Added by honeytea
Leuven, Belgium

Middelpunt van Leuven

This unassuming stone bollard is a centuries-old marker denoting the center of the city.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Antwerpen, Belgium

Heksensteen

A curious stone in a public square commemorates the victims of witch-burning.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Paradiso

Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.
Olga Lisina Added by Olga Lisina
Port Glasgow, Scotland

Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow

A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.
Added by Obscuravibes
Buggenhout, Belgium

Middelpunt van Vlaanderen

The geographic midpoint of the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Sharpsburg, Maryland

Kennedy Farm

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.
Added by bobbybartlett
Pitlochry, Scotland

Pitlochry Fish Ladder

An exceptional engineering feat that facilitates the migration of salmon upstream during their breeding season.
ariadnemaze Added by ariadnemaze
Glasgow, Scotland

Collins Temperance Fountain

A warning against "the demon drink" adorns the northwest entrance of Glasgow Green.
Added by aronsd
Lexington Park, Maryland

The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

A ghostly cabin attempts to reverse the erasure of enslaved people through poetry.
Added by amorgan2
Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Commemorative Stones

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.
chicknrice Added by chicknrice
Edinburgh, Scotland

Gulliver's Foot

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
SEANETTA Added by SEANETTA
Montclair, New Jersey

91.9 FM Pirate Radio Station

The radio station that's been promising to make love to you for the last 15 years—if you happen to be on one specific block in suburban New Jersey.
Added by waynelaforme
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Center for PostNatural History

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Added by rich
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Military Museum

A history of the U.S. military, with a focus on Pennsylvania's contributions.
slgwv Added by slgwv
Moundsville, West Virginia

Fostoria Glass Museum

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.
thomasharper Added by thomasharper
Vadso, Norway

Luftskipsmasta (Airship Tower)

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's airship docked here before leading the first-ever flight over the North Pole.
Added by Ben Diamond
Palmdale, California

R. Lee Ermey Musical Road

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.
Added by Craig Baker
Trenton, Maine

Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Ellary, Scotland

St. Columba’s Cave

This remote Scottish cave has been a site of Christian pilgrimage for many centuries.
Added by Obscuravibes