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Wall behind soldiers.

Washington, D.C.

The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Martha, taxidermied

Washington, D.C.

Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

Uncle Beazley

Washington, D.C.

Uncle Beazley the Triceratops

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Badu Mangroves.

Sydney, Australia

Badu Mangroves

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

Eric the Pliosaur

Sydney, Australia

Eric the Pliosaur

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

The Bishop is the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Honolulu, Hawaii

Bishop Museum

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The Great White Rock

White Rock, British Columbia

The Great White Rock

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

Horatio.

Adelaide, Australia

'A Day Out'

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

Seahorse World

Beauty Point, Australia

Seahorse World

An active seahorse farm is currently saving Tasmania's handfish from extinction.

Tasmanian Devil Unzoo

Taranna, Australia

Tasmanian Devil Unzoo

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.

The monkey enclosure

Launceston, Australia

City Park Macaques

A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.

Webb Bridge

Melbourne, Australia

Webb Bridge

This modern pedestrian bridge on the Yarra River was modeled after an Aboriginal fish trap.

Garden Island Ships Graveyard

Garden Island, Australia

Garden Island Ship's Graveyard

The sullen remains of vessels abandoned in the Port Adelaide River.

‘Planet’

Singapore

'Planet'

A giant baby floats in the middle of Singapore’s nature park.

'Memory Is Creation Without End'

Sydney, Australia

'Memory Is Creation Without End'

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

Mesquite Canopy

Tucson, Arizona

Agua Caliente Park

Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.

Panorama from the overlook.

Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania

Kinzua Bridge

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Here is an old Conestoga wagon.

Marietta, Ohio

Campus Martius Museum

Home to several unusual artifacts, including a huge painting of George Washington.

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.

Frozen flock.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

West Virginia State Farm Museum

The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

2021

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Lost World Caverns

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Pearl S. Buck Birthplace

Hillsboro, West Virginia

Pearl S. Buck Birthplace

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

Glade Creek Grist Mill

Danese, West Virginia

Glade Creek Grist Mill

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

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