Gateshead, England
The Angel of the North
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
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Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Waterloo, England
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Gardners, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.
Cave City, Kentucky
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
Cave City, Kentucky
Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Phoenix, Arizona
A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.