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Yoho National Park

Field, British Columbia

Yoho National Park

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

The Banff merman is a horrifying taxidermy experiement.

Banff, Alberta

Banff Merman

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Mark Twain's Study

Elmira, New York

Mark Twain's Study

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Boldt Castle

Alexandria Bay, New York

Boldt Castle

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

John Brown's Fort as it appears today

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

John Brown's Fort

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Florence Y'all Water Tower

Florence, Kentucky

Florence Y'all Water Tower

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Clifton Hill

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Clifton Hill

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Multiple varieties of Bloemenroute tulips

Haarlem, Netherlands

Bloemen Route

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

Thor's Gate

Bangor, Pennsylvania

Columcille Megalith Park

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

Seneca White Deer

Romulus, New York

Seneca White Deer

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

Maryland's 3rd Congressional District.

Halethorpe, Maryland

Maryland's 3rd Congressional District

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

The entrance to Strawberry Field in 2021

Liverpool, England

Strawberry Field

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pie

Brooklyn, New York

Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Bronze Replica of Michelangelo’s David

Florence, Italy

Bronze Replica of Michelangelo’s David

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

Nashville Parthenon

Nashville, Tennessee

Concrete Parthenon

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Downtown Mackinac

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mackinac Island

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Detail of Wanamaker Organ.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wanamaker Grand Court Organ

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

NWA inflatable plane balloon

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Ax-Man Surplus

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

The Churchill War Rooms

London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Balls that clean the sewers

Paris, France

Musée des Egouts (Paris Museum of Sewers)

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

The James A. Garfield Memorial

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

James A. Garfield's Memorial and Tomb

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

The Cincinnati Mushroom House

Cincinnati, Ohio

The Cincinnati Mushroom House

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

The bow of the ark

Williamstown, Kentucky

Ark Encounter

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

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