Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
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Key West, Florida
U.S. Route 1 Mile 0 Sign
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Rome, Italy
Sisinnius Fresco in the Basilica San Clemente
A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.
Rome, Italy
Basilica di San Clemente
A Nesting Doll of Churches.
Rome, Italy
The Mouth of Truth
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Calle 25 de Enero
These red and black houses were awarded to the firefighters who saved their city from an enormous blaze.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Old San Juan Cemetery
This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.
Puerto Rico
Yokahú Tower
On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Chichen Itza Chirp
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
El Caracol
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Winter Park, Florida
Prometheus Esoterica
Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.
Cambridge, Ohio
National Museum of Cambridge Glass
A collection of thousands of pieces of unique, colorful glass made in this Ohio town.
Rome, Italy
Servian Wall at McDonald's
Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.
Rome, Italy
Sculpture of Giovanni Paolo II
A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.
Rome, Italy
Meridian Line of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs
Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.
Rome, Italy
Palazzo Naiadi Roman Baths
Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.
Rome, Italy
Monument to the Fallen of Dogali
An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.
Rome, Italy
The Flying Donkey
Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.
Rome, Italy
Buca Dello Spione
An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.
Rome, Italy
Durandal's Mark
A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.
Rome, Italy
Passetto del Biscione
This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.
Rome, Italy
Santa Maria sopra Minerva Flood Markers
Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.
