Boulder City, Nevada
Hemenway Park
A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Whittier, Alaska
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
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Whittier, Alaska
Buckner Building
This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.
Delta, Louisiana
Grant's Canal
The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.
Memphis, Tennessee
The Jungle Room at Graceland
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Memphis, Tennessee
Peabody Hotel Duck March
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Beatles Park
This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Grave of a Man and his Horse Killed by a Train
Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.
Pompeii, Italy
The Brothels of Pompeii
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
Thermopolia of Pompeii
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
Plaster Citizens of Pompeii
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Alma, Arkansas
Popeye Statue
Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.
Stigler, Oklahoma
Younger's Bend
The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.
Durant, Oklahoma
World's Largest Peanut
No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.
Ozone, Arkansas
Glory Hole Falls
In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.
Waco, Texas
Dr Pepper Museum
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Waco, Texas
Waco Mammoth Site
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
West, Texas
Czech Stop & Little Czech Bakery
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Waxahachie, Texas
Munster Mansion
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Paris, France
Centre Pompidou
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
Flame of Liberty
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Paris, France
Pont de la Concorde
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
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Paris, France
Paris Padlocks of Love
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Padua, Italy
Tempio della Pace (Temple of Peace)
The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.
