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Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Detroit, Michigan

Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The Great Smoky Mountains' 'Missing Link'

Townsend, Tennessee

The Great Smoky Mountains' 'Missing Link'

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

3-15-21

Knoxville, Tennessee

The Sunsphere

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Cherokee Clan Monument Circle on banks of Tennessee River

Vonore, Tennessee

Tanasi Monument

A group of monuments to the Cherokee origins of Tennessee.

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum

Vonore, Tennessee

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church

Townsend, Tennessee

Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Titanic Museum Attraction at the 2012 anniversary celebration

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Titanic Museum Attraction

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Cumberland Falls State Park

Williamsburg, Kentucky

Cumberland Falls State Park

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Aerial view of Navarre Beach Pier.

Navarre, Florida

Navarre Beach Pier

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.

Looking west from the Iron Triangle

Fostoria, Ohio

Fostoria Iron Triangle Railpark

Train fans from all over flock to this railroad viewing park where three lines converge.

Jacques the World’s Largest Bobblehead

Bellville, Ohio

Jacques the World’s Largest Bobblehead

This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.

Germantown Covered Bridge.

Germantown, Ohio

Germantown Covered Bridge

This bridge uses an inverted bowstring truss and is believed to be the only of its kind in the United States.

Findling vom Geissturm

Zurich, Switzerland

Findling vom Geissturm

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

Sleepy Lion

Lucerne, Switzerland

Lion of Lucerne

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Erlebnishotel Jailhotel

Lucerne, Switzerland

Barabas Hotel Luzern

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

Dance of Death Bridge

Lucerne, Switzerland

Dance of Death Bridge

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Lutry Menhirs

Lutry, Switzerland

Lutry Menhirs

Standing stones found on a construction site are re-erected.

EPFL Learning Center

Ecublens, Switzerland

EPFL Learning Center

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

Site of "The Absinthe Murders"
Permanently Closed

Commugny, Switzerland

Site of "The Absinthe Murders"

A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.

A display of glass eyes.

Geneva, Switzerland

Musée d'Histoire des Sciences (Museum of History of Science)

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Pointe de la Jonction

Geneva, Switzerland

Pointe de la Jonction

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

In death as in life, John Calvin opted for a modest approach.

Geneva, Switzerland

John Calvin's Grave

A modest grave marks the final resting place of one of the world's most influential religious figures.

Statue of Frankenstein's Monster

Geneva, Switzerland

Statue of Frankenstein's Monster

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

Treille Promenade

Geneva, Switzerland

Treille Promenade

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

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