San Antonio, Texas
The Berlin Bear
The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.
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San Antonio, Texas
The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.
San Antonio, Texas
Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.
San Antonio, Texas
A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.
Hondo, Texas
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
San Antonio, Texas
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
San Antonio, Texas
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Havana, Cuba
The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.
Havana, Cuba
A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.
Havana, Cuba
Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.
Havana, Cuba
No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Washington, D.C.
Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.
Washington, D.C.
A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Washington, D.C.
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
Washington, D.C.
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Washington, D.C.
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.