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Native sculpture.

San Antonio, Texas

McNutt Sculpture Garden

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

Marker of the Eastern Subcontinental Divide.

Atlanta, Georgia

Eastern Sub-Continental Divide Mural

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.

Hospital Train - Korean War

San Antonio, Texas

U.S. Army Medical Department Museum

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

Beautiful mural.

San Antonio, Texas

Educación

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

A beautiful bridge.

San Antonio, Texas

Japanese Tea Garden

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Inside one of the intact kilns.

Nelsonville, Ohio

Nelsonville Brick Park

This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

Old Car City in White, Georgia.

White, Georgia

Old Car City

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

Barbie Beach.
Permanently Closed

Senoia, Georgia

Barbie Beach

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

The Superstructure in the backyard resembles the entrance to a cathedral.

Decatur, Georgia

Mechanical Riverfront Kingdom on Druid Hill

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

Elliott Street Deli & Pub
Permanently Closed

Atlanta, Georgia

Elliott Street Deli & Pub

For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor ā€œiron pours.ā€

Overgrown headstones at the Unitarian Cemetery.

Charleston, South Carolina

Unitarian Church Cemetery

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

The Trophy Room Project
Permanently Closed

Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Trophy Room Project

An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.

United Shoe Machinery Building, view from Milton Place

Boston, Massachusetts

United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

Seider had an interesting and unfortunate role in the founding of the United States, and his grave marks the violence that accompanied it

Boston, Massachusetts

Grave of Christopher Seider

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Boston Liberty Tree

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Liberty Tree

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

George Parkman House

Boston, Massachusetts

George Parkman House

The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.

George Middleton House

Boston, Massachusetts

George Middleton House

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

A brick colonial home with a green door and a green-shuttered window

Boston, Massachusetts

Lewis and Harriet Hayden House

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.

FAO Schwarz Teddy Bear Sculpture

Boston, Massachusetts

FAO Schwarz Teddy Bear Sculpture

A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

Yo quiero Taco Bell.

San Diego, California

Miniature Taco Bell

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

Charlie the Coal Miner

Shinnston, West Virginia

Charlie the Coal Miner

A 21-foot-tall statue of a miner made of scrap metal stands in this West Virginia coal town.

VisArt Video

Charlotte, North Carolina

VisArt Video

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

Limestone marker honoring Doudeg Fra

Walferdange, Luxembourg

Doudeg Fra

This cryptic monument honors a mysterious dead woman, despite her identity being lost centuries ago.

Menokin.

Warsaw, Virginia

Menokin

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

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