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Erin Chapman

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Holmdel Horn Antenna

Holmdel, New Jersey

Holmdel Horn Antenna

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

Seal Island

Cape Town, South Africa

Seal Island

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Newgrange

Dowth, Ireland

Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Illustration of the Leviathan of Parsonstown (Rosse Six-Foot Telescope).

Offaly, Ireland

Leviathan of Parsonstown

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

Devil’s Tower 2021 10 03

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

"Grasshopper's Delight" sculpture along the Enchanted Highway, approximately half-way to Regent, North Dakota.  Car included for scale.

Regent, North Dakota

Enchanted Highway Sculptures

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Salem Sue

New Salem, North Dakota

Salem Sue

The world's largest Holstein cow.

Wall Drug

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Neruda's Gate by Mark di Suervo

New Windsor, New York

Storm King Art Center

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The fireplace adorned by elephant tusks.

New York, New York

Explorers Club Headquarters

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Lightship Frying Pan at Pier 66 Maritime

New York, New York

The Lightship Frying Pan

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Life Underground

New York, New York

'Life Underground' Sculptures

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

Looking across the Hudson River towards New Jersey, at night

New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Union Square Metronome

New York, New York

Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.

The White Horse Tavern

New York, New York

The White Horse Tavern

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Giant Oak

Tallahassee, Florida

Lichgate on High Road

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

Front of the Mag Lab.

Tallahassee, Florida

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

World's largest magnetic research facility.

Tourists flock to the buoy (Flickr/Turtle43)

Key West, Florida

Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

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.

The Conch Republic

Key West, Florida

The Conch Republic

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Skunk Ape Research Headquarters

Ochopee, Florida

Skunk Ape Research Headquarters

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

A screenshot from the park's Manatee Cam. (Press photo)

Homosassa, Florida

Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

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