Richmond, Virginia
The Markel Building
Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Falkirk, Scotland
Falkirk Wheel
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
London, England
Polly at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
Staunton, Virginia
American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Durham, North Carolina
The Can Opener
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
Green Bank, West Virginia
Green Bank Telescope
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Enterprise, Alabama
Boll Weevil Monument
Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.
