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Temple and home exterior

Chicago, Illinois

Stan Mansion

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

Ernest Hemingway Birthplace and Museum

Oak Park, Illinois

Ernest Hemingway Birthplace and Museum

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Dolomite covering the outer surface of the columns

Lisle, Illinois

Four Columns at Morton Arboretum

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

Bell at Mission Santa Inez

San Luis Obispo, California

The Bells of El Camino Real

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

 San Luis Obispo's Bubblegum Alley

San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo's Bubblegum Alley

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The wind harp today.

Solvang, California

Solvang Wind Harp

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Hans Christian Andersen Museum

Solvang, California

Hans Christian Andersen Museum

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

George Hicks Fancher Monument

Merced, California

George Hicks Fancher Monument

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

Big Blue Bug

Providence, Rhode Island

Big Blue Bug

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Quabbin Reservoir

Ware, Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

A replica of her small writing table.

Amherst, Massachusetts

Emily Dickinson's Bedroom

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Human foot for scale

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Dinosaur Footprints of Holyoke

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

The Rock and Fossil and Dinosaur Shop

Deerfield, Massachusetts

The Rock and Fossil and Dinosaur Shop

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

This is what Myopic books looks like.

Chicago, Illinois

Myopic Books

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Artist's rendering of The Plant

Chicago, Illinois

The Plant

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

The march of time.

Chicago, Illinois

The Fountain of Time

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

The fig tree.

San Diego, California

Balboa Park Moreton Bay Fig Tree

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

The Statue "Unconditional Surrender" in front of the USS Midway

San Diego, California

Unconditional Surrender

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Spruce Street Suspension Bridge

San Diego, California

Spruce Street Suspension Bridge

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

View from inside the cave

San Diego, California

Sunny Jim Cave Store

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Grasshopper.

London, England

Signs of Old Lombard Street

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

Shoreditch padlockers

London, England

Love Locks of East London

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

The Theatre

London, England

The Theatre

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Two of the ravens at the Tower of London.

London, England

The Tower Ravens

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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