Montgomery, Alabama
National Memorial for Peace and Justice
Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.
Places I've been
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Montgomery, Alabama
Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.
Lanett, Alabama
Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.
Tuskegee, Alabama
Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.
Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Seale, Alabama
A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Seale, Alabama
A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
Huntsville, Alabama
Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.
Delta, Alabama
The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Huntington Beach, California
The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Queens, New York
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
Evansville, Indiana
The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.
Helsinki, Finland
Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Tallinn, Estonia
Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.