Detroit, Michigan
RoboCop Statue
One of Detroit's most iconic fictional protectors, RoboCop, finally has a statue.
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Detroit, Michigan
One of Detroit's most iconic fictional protectors, RoboCop, finally has a statue.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Fairbanks, Alaska
A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.
Berkeley, California
The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.
Atlanta, Georgia
This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Carson, California
Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.
Charlottesville, Virginia
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.
Boston, Massachusetts
In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.
Columbia, Missouri
Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.
Atlanta, Georgia
A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.
Fannie Bay, Australia
One of Australia’s most complete colonial prison complexes.
Mainz, Germany
An ancient Roman temple hidden in the basement of Römerpassage, a modern shopping mall.
Seaside, Oregon
Where Nor'easters go to die.
Iceland
A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.
Wales
This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.
Isles of Scilly, England
At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.
Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
Burnham-on-Sea, England
The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.
Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland
A beloved upside-down beacon off the coast of Northern Ireland.