Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Fort Amsterdam
A fort of historic failures where the island's colonial powers first collided.
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Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
A fort of historic failures where the island's colonial powers first collided.
Boston, Massachusetts
This mosaic commemorates the oldest subway tunnel and station in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
This historic World War II ship is one of only 4 Fletcher-class destroyers remaining worldwide.
Stowe, Vermont
A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.
Boston, Massachusetts
These structures serve as a memorial to one of Boston’s most ambitious and controversial urban redevelopment projects.
Helsinki, Finland
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Tallinn, Estonia
This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Tallinn, Estonia
This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.
Tallinn, Estonia
The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.
Keflavík, Iceland
A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.
Skagway, Alaska
This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.
Poughkeepsie, New York
A building made mostly of cast iron features a 1:45 scale lego model of its self.
Danbury, Connecticut
Star-spangled and 38 feet tall.
Washington, D.C.
The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.
Marlborough, Connecticut
This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.