Ashland, Massachusetts
Spencer the Marathon Dog Statue
This sculpture is dedicated to a local therapy dog who later became the official mascot of the 126th Boston Marathon.
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Ashland, Massachusetts
This sculpture is dedicated to a local therapy dog who later became the official mascot of the 126th Boston Marathon.
London, England
This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.
Brisbane, California
This California town keeps a graveyard of its retired, decorated fire hydrants.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Portland, Oregon
A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.
Prešov, Slovakia
A quirky monument to the 49th parallel in downtown Prešov, Slovakia.
Aspen, Colorado
Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.
Odate, Japan
Another statue of Japan's most famous dog stands in his hometown.
Manchester, England
One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.
Penistone, England
This century-old, single-screen cinema still puts a 1937 Compton organ to good use.
North Bonneville, Washington
Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.
Helen, Washington
The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Derby, Australia
Warm up from the freezing waters in this fully functional sauna in the middle of the Tasmanian wilderness.
Oirase, Japan
This replica of the Statue of Liberty is a quarter of the size of the real thing. It sits on the same latitude as the original, but on the other side of the world.
Delta Junction, Alaska
An icy behemoth that towers over you with a blue ice cave in the winter and a roaring creek in the summer.
Devon, England
Despite its location in the English countryside, this chapel is the property of Ontario, Canada.
Claremont, California
This public Skyspace created by artist James Turrell for his alma mater puts on a show every day at sunrise and sunset.
Fairfax, Virginia
An unkempt, oddly placed piece of land keeps an elderly farming couple in a residential area.
Galway, Ireland
Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.
Washington
A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.
Springfield, Missouri
A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.
Portland, Maine
The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.