Delmar, Maryland
Transpeninsular Midpoint Marker
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
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Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Woolford, Maryland
The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.
Cambridge, Maryland
This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.
Saugatuck, Michigan
This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.
Mexico City, Mexico
On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.
Santiago, Chile
How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States
Imola, Italy
An intact, still operating pharmacy from the 18th-century filled with numerous artifacts and paintings.
Chico, California
Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.
Tehachapi, California
Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.
Hove, England
An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.
Fort Nelson, British Columbia
Home to vintage vehicles and local artifacts, this museum also houses a rare taxidermy specimen.
Cervantes, Australia
One of the few places in the world home to living stromatolites.
Leiden, Netherlands
The remnants of a WWI naval mine that once terrorized the country now decorates a street.
Manchester, New Hampshire
This humble resting place belongs to one of history's most celebrated restaurateurs.
Stavanger, Norway
An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.
Mexico City, Mexico
A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.
Oracle, Arizona
An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.
Codrongianos, Italy
A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.
Blythburgh, England
A legendary ghostly hound supposedly left dark marks on a place of worship.
Markaz Al Belina, Egypt
Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.
San Jose, California
A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Brea, California
A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.
Naples, Italy
The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.