Bethesda, Maryland
Porky The Litter Eater
This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.
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Bethesda, Maryland
This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.
Stansted, England
This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
Truckee, California
This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.
Barcelona, Spain
This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.
Wilmington, Delaware
The longest covered bridge in Delaware.
Sierra City, California
A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.
Kirriemuir, Scotland
A re-purposed wooden sculpture, depicting one of Scotland's most beloved writer's amphibious creations.
South Sudan
Every October, one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park.
Cockenzie, Scotland
A small museum dedicated to the ongoing archaeological works around what is likely Scotland's oldest railway.
Greenville, Mississippi
One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.
Luba, Equatorial Guinea
During the dry season, this white-sand beach hosts thousands of breeding butterflies.
Ghent, Belgium
An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.
Belgrade, Serbia
One of Belgrade's most beloved animals.
Durham, England
These courts are the only ones of their kind in the world, made for a unique ball game that dates back to the 1700s.
Tokyo, Japan
This public bathroom takes the form of a 19th-century lighthouse that once stood on the spot.
Bangui, Central African Republic
This mosque is an enduring symbol of Central African Republic's rich Muslim heritage.
Bangui, Central African Republic
Amidst political unrest, this Roman Catholic Cathedral has helped organize peace talks.
Changhua City, Taiwan
The longest skywalk in Taiwan.
Darwen, England
One of the tallest mill chimneys in Lancashire gave up its ornate cast iron "crown" during World War II to assist the war effort.
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
This monument memorializes a violent massacre where colonial police killed 50 striking dockworkers.
Palm Beach, Florida
This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.
Manaus, Brazil
The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.
Los Angeles, California
Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.