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Human foot for scale

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Dinosaur Footprints of Holyoke

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

The Golden Gal of Old Madison Square Garden

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Golden Gal of Old Madison Square Garden

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Statue of a soldier running up the beach.

Bedford, Virginia

National D-Day Memorial

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

Chocolate 'OJERT' Mural Advert

Izamal, Mexico

Chocolate 'OJERT' Mural Advert

A hand-painted advertisement for chocolate adorns the walls of this historic building.

Convent of San Antonio de Padua.

Izamal, Mexico

Convento de San Antonio de Padua (Convent of Saint Anthony of Padua)

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

At the Cardenal (Cardinal) corner.

Mérida, Mexico

Roberina Sidewalk Adverts

These mosaic designs promise a cure for headaches, toothaches, and colds.

Plaque at Calle 59

Mérida, Mexico

Los Rincones de Mérida

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

Hollywood Cemetery

Richmond, Virginia

Hollywood Cemetery

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The Triple Crossing

Richmond, Virginia

The Triple Crossing

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

Edgar Allan Poe Museum

Richmond, Virginia

Edgar Allan Poe Museum

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A half-smoke sausage from Weenie Beenie

Arlington, Virginia

Weenie Beenie

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls

Chicago, Illinois

World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

"Ten Thousand Ripples."

Chicago, Illinois

'Ten Thousand Ripples'

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

The tomb was built in the 1850s.

Chicago, Illinois

Couch Tomb

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

Statue of G.V. Black in Lincoln Park, Chicago, erected in 1918

Chicago, Illinois

The Grand Old Man of Dentistry

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

A communist overlord menaces the city below.

Shumen, Bulgaria

Bulgarian State Monument

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

Buzludzha Monument

Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Buzludzha Monument

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

Alyosha standing guard over the ancient city of Plovdiv

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Alyosha Monument

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

Roman Theater in Plovdiv

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Plovdiv Roman Theater

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

Blue Lagoon

Grindavík, Iceland

Blue Lagoon

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Reykjavik, many decades ago.

Reykjavik, Iceland

Reykjavík 871±2

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

Icelandic Phallological Museum

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat.

Reykjavik, Iceland

Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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