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Looking east through Window Rock.

West Wendover, Nevada

Window Rock

A large wave-cut arch in limestone, carved by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, is perched atop a ridge.

The pithead

Fife, Scotland

The Mary Pit Head

This 80-foot towering concrete structure, complete with wheel, remains a stark reminder of the coal mining that took place here between 1904 and 1966.

"Main" Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI 4/4/2026

Detroit, Michigan

Main Detroit Public Library

It's an incredibly beautiful city public space, with spacious rooms to study and admire the artwork.

The Maria Theresa Thaler, with the statue of James Joyce in the background on the right.

Trieste, Italy

Maria Theresa Thaler

A giant coin serves as a very unusual yet creative monument commemorating one of the most important people in the history of Trieste.

Vinny’s Circle

Chicago, Illinois

Vinny’s Circle

The buildings around this DePaul University statue create an echo chamber for those standing in the center of the circle.

 Bluetooth Runestone

Lund, Sweden

Bluetooth Runestone

The technology company Ericsson erected a real rune stone to mark the birthplace of the wireless technology.

The ‘Durham Cow’

Durham, England

The ‘Durham Cow’

A statue dedicated to the story behind the founded of the city.

Pony Express Monument

Sidney, Nebraska

Pony Express Monument

A tribute to the riders who bridged East and West.

The famous bison painting of Font de Gaume

Les Eyzies, France

Grotte de Font-de-Gaum

Among Europe’s most spectacular Ice Age painted caves still accessible today.

Camarin na Tisa side view

Manila, Philippines

Camarin na Tisa

A rare surviving stone building from the Spanish colonial era.

Peter Vazquez has been quietly making a name for himself for years.

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Appetite Repair Shop

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

Night view of the palace with Kathmandu's famous giant fruit bats flying overhead.

Kathmandu, Nepal

Narayanhiti Palace Museum Massacre Site

The courtyard of this palace was the site of the worst slaughter of sitting royals in recorded history.

Suzuhiro Kamaboko Museum

Odawara, Japan

Suzuhiro Kamaboko Museum

Dedicated to the history and culture of Japanese fishcake, this museum invites you to take part in its kamaboko-making workshop.

Kovozoo (Metal Zoo)

Staré Město, Czechia

Kovozoo (Metal Zoo)

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

Algodones Dunes

Glamis, California

Algodones Dunes

This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.

Looking down to where the central round keep would have been

Eglinton, Scotland

Eglinton Castle

The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.

Richard Dale Monument

Portsmouth, Virginia

Commodore Richard Dale Monument

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

Memorial brick to Alse Young.

Windsor, Connecticut

Memorial to Alse Young and Lydia Gilbert

Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.

The ghost bridge is visible in the lower left portion of the photo. The current highway (Rt 23) is higher and closer to the bridge, than the dirt road here. Taken around 1900.

Oak Ridge, New Jersey

The Ghost Bridge of Oak Ridge Reservoir

This stone bridge is all that remains of a submerged New Jersey town.

Reliquary of St. Margaret of Scotland

Dunfermline, Scotland

Reliquary of St. Margaret of Scotland

The remains of "the Pearl of Scotland" can be found inside this church.

Pico Basilé

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Pico Basilé

It's been nearly a century since this volcano, the tallest mountain in Equatorial Guinea, erupted.

The Newspaper Reader

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

'Newspaper Reader'

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

Hermit's Castle

Achmelvich, Scotland

Hermit's Castle

Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.

Barber chairs for men and women

Milan, Italy

Albergo Diurno Venezia

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

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