Warrenton, Oregon
The Wreck of the Peter Iredale
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Places I've been
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Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
Portland, Oregon
One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Dadswells Bridge, Australia
Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.
Saint Paul, Alberta
Canadian centennial project designed to gather information about UFOs.
Santee, California
A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Comox-Strathcona K, British Columbia
A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.
Frankfurt, Germany
Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.
Gakona, Alaska
An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.
Vucje, Serbia
Operating continuously since 1903, this "milestone" facility transformed the regional economy.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
Prague, Czechia
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Mexico
The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Sjöbo, Sweden
Rocks carved with biblical passages in the 1800s.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
Sculpture that doubles as a time capsule so that life can survive radiation outside Chernobyl.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.