Detroit, Michigan
Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
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Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Townsend, Tennessee
In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Vonore, Tennessee
A group of monuments to the Cherokee origins of Tennessee.
Vonore, Tennessee
This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.
Townsend, Tennessee
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Navarre, Florida
The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.
Fostoria, Ohio
Train fans from all over flock to this railroad viewing park where three lines converge.
Bellville, Ohio
This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.
Germantown, Ohio
This bridge uses an inverted bowstring truss and is believed to be the only of its kind in the United States.
Zurich, Switzerland
This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Lutry, Switzerland
Standing stones found on a construction site are re-erected.
Ecublens, Switzerland
The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.
Commugny, Switzerland
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.
Geneva, Switzerland
A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Geneva, Switzerland
Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.
Geneva, Switzerland
A modest grave marks the final resting place of one of the world's most influential religious figures.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.