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Collection of rock art at La Cieneguilla

Santa Fe, New Mexico

La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Memorial to Tamir Rice

Cleveland, Ohio

Memorial to Tamir Rice

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Mission Church

Hachita, New Mexico

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Mission Church

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

Chandler's tumbleweed Christmas tree.

Chandler, Arizona

Tumbleweed Christmas Tree

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

Symon's Art Zoo

Indonesia

Symon's Art Zoo

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

Copper Crow Distillery

Bayfield, Wisconsin

Copper Crow Distillery

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

The exterior of the mausoleum.

St. Louis, Missouri

The Lemp Family Tomb

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

Sky's The Limit Observatory

Twentynine Palms, California

Sky's The Limit Observatory

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

Wainwright State Office Building

St. Louis, Missouri

Wainwright State Office Building

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

Fayette Historic Townsite

Garden, Michigan

Fayette Historic Townsite

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

Entrance sign to the gardens with Fern Mountain in the background.

Decatur, Georgia

Ferns of the World

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

There are two full columns and two halves

Lincoln, Nebraska

Pioneers Park Pillars

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

"Earth as the Life-giver."

Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska State Capitol Mosaic Floor

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

Truxton Canyon Training School

Valentine, Arizona

Truxton Canyon Training School

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

Desert View Conservation Area

Joshua Tree, California

Desert View Conservation Area

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

Venetian Pool

Coral Gables, Florida

Venetian Pool

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Summer at Shofuso

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

The lake (2)

Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Hanging Lake

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

9-11 Remembrance Garden

Winslow, Arizona

9-11 Remembrance Garden

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

Entrance to Mount Prospect Park

Brooklyn, New York

Mount Prospect Park

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Gay Liberation Monument.

New York, New York

Gay Liberation

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Poster House Museum.

New York, New York

Poster House Museum

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

La Guardia's Art Deco Marine Air Terminal

Queens, New York

La Guardia's Art Deco Marine Air Terminal

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Womyn holding a banner for the Lesbian Herstory Archives during the 2007 LGBT Pride March in New York

Brooklyn, New York

Lesbian Herstory Archives

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

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