San Diego, California
Unconditional Surrender
A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."
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San Diego, California
A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Key West, Florida
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.
Key West, Florida
Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.
Key West, Florida
These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Tikal, Guatemala
Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.
Copán Ruinas, Honduras
This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.
El Jalacate, Nicaragua
Located in the mountains of Nicaragua, one man has spent most of life beautifying a massive cliff by hand.
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Nazca, Peru
This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.
Quito, Ecuador
This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Christchurch, New Zealand
The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.
Sydney, Australia
Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.