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The 'E Pluribus Unum' Mural at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus.

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

‘E Pluribus Unum’ Mural

This massive 286,200-tile mosaic was the largest mural of its kind in the United States and is an early example of computer-generated art.

Little Chute Windmill

Little Chute, Wisconsin

Little Chute Windmill

An authentic Dutch windmill, built in the Netherlands and shipped to Wisconsin.

Kate Blood Gravestone

Appleton, Wisconsin

Kate Blood Gravestone

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

Bobrowitz Spectacular Sculpture.

Colgate, Wisconsin

Bobrowitz Spectacular Sculpture

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

Mount Horeb Trollway

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Mount Horeb Trollway

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Royal Thai Pavilion

Madison, Wisconsin

Royal Thai Pavilion

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

The plaque

Madison, Wisconsin

Elvis Karate Fight Plaque

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

Lightner Museum

St. Augustine, Florida

Lightner Museum

A Gilded Age hotel turned eclectic museum of Tiffany glass and curiosities

Rota the lion at the Lightner Museum.

St. Augustine, Florida

Sir Winston Churchill's Lion 'Rota'

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

The Love Trees of St. Augustine

St. Augustine, Florida

The Love Trees of St. Augustine

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Treasury Street.

St. Augustine, Florida

Treasury Street

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Monson Steps

St. Augustine, Florida

Monson Steps

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

Castillo de San Marcos from above.

St. Augustine, Florida

Castillo de San Marcos

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The proud legacy of Don Juan Ponce de Leon.

St. Augustine, Florida

The Fountain of Youth

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

An ivy covered shrine in the woods

St. Augustine, Florida

National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

Blue Bird on the Pier

St. Augustine, Florida

Bluebird of Happiness Statue

An oversized bluebird statue returns to its rightful place on Vilano Beach pier.

Castle Otttis

St. Augustine, Florida

Castle Otttis

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Belleair, Florida’s historic Belleview Inn dates back to 1897.

Belleair, Florida

Belleview Inn

This historic hotel has hosted the likes of Babe Ruth, Jimmy Carter, and the Vanderbilts.

Rex, protected by a small black fence.

Jacksonville, Florida

Rex, the Beach Blvd Dinosaur

Among the strip malls and stoplights stands a giant, orange T. rex made of concrete with glowing red eyes.

Inside the laboratory

Prague, Czechia

Speculum Alchemiae

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

The Dancing House, f/k/a Fred and Ginger

Prague, Czechia

Tančící dům - Dancing House of Prague

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

"The Machine," a display at the Kafka Museum.

Prague, Czechia

Franz Kafka Museum

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

The Lennon Wall.

Prague, Czechia

Lennon Wall

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Kabourek.

Prague, Czechia

Kabourek

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

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