East End, Cayman Islands
The Blowholes
This natural rock formation spouts jets of water into the air.
Places I've been
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East End, Cayman Islands
This natural rock formation spouts jets of water into the air.
George Town, Cayman Islands
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Leadville, Colorado
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
Leadville, Colorado
This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.
Leadville, Colorado
This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Central City, Colorado
This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Ranier, Minnesota
This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.
International Falls, Minnesota
Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.
Kabetogama Township, Minnesota
Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.
Baudette, Minnesota
The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.
Louisville, Kentucky
The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.
Petersburg, Kentucky
A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.
Williamstown, Kentucky
A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.
Louisville, Kentucky
Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.
Summerland Key, Florida
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.