Washington Island, Wisconsin
Schoolhouse Beach
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
C-97 Stratofreighter at the Don Q Inn
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Maquoketa, Iowa
Maquoketa Caves State Park
A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.
The Hague, Netherlands
World Peace Flame Pathway
Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.
Haarlem, Netherlands
Grote Kerk
This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.
Glasgow, Scotland
The Glasgow Necropolis
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Manchester, England
Soviet Engels Statue
Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.
Manchester, England
Afflecks
Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.
Calgary, Alberta
The New Central Library
The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.
Ida Grove, Iowa
Castles of Ida Grove
An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
American Gothic Barn
A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Cadet Chapel
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Witches Gulch
Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.
Chicago, Illinois
Man With Fish
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
Dignity of Earth and Sky
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Island Park, Idaho
Yellowstone's Zone of Death
A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.
Phoenix, Arizona
Camelback Mountain
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.
Kansas City, Missouri
World's Largest Shuttlecocks
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Boston, Massachusetts
Bunker Hill Monument
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Chicago, Illinois
Haymarket Square
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Moab, Utah
Potash Evaporation Ponds
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Chicago, Illinois
U-505
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
