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A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

This little-known hero has been protecting "The Fens" for close to 400 years, and now from its most powerful challenger yet: climate change.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.