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View to the sky

Austin, Texas

Skyspace: The Color Inside

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Grave of Daniel Boone

Frankfort, Kentucky

Grave of Daniel Boone

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

The Blue Whale of Catoosa, OK

Catoosa, Oklahoma

Blue Whale of Catoosa

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Exchange Street

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Stockyards

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Either Spit or Spat.

Saratoga Springs, New York

Spit and Spat

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

The wooden escalators at Macy's are almost 100 years old.

New York, New York

Macy's Wooden Escalators

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Clear waters in Manatee Springs State Park.

Chiefland, Florida

Manatee Springs State Park

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Tesla monument at Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Tesla Monument

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

A screenshot from the park's Manatee Cam. (Press photo)

Homosassa, Florida

Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Nellie Pucell Unthank Memorial

Cedar City, Utah

Nellie Pucell Unthank Memorial

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

(Flickr/dbking)

U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado

Cadet Chapel

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

Can you hear it?

New York, New York

Times Square Hum

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Clifton Hill

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Clifton Hill

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Times Square Ball from Above

New York, New York

One Times Square

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Lindow Man

London, England

Lindow Man

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Florence Y'all Water Tower

Florence, Kentucky

Florence Y'all Water Tower

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The Colgate Clock in Clarksville, Indiana

Clarksville, Indiana

Colgate Clock

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

Castle Post

Versailles, Kentucky

Castle Post

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

That partial circle of mysterious shapes is the Palindrome

New Harmony, Indiana

'A Healing Palindrome'

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

The Topiary Park

Columbus, Ohio

The Topiary Park

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Sand dunes...NOT snow!

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The Corn Palace

Mitchell, South Dakota

The Corn Palace

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Crazy Horse Memorial

Custer, South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

Paris, France

Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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