Charlemont, Massachusetts
'Hail to the Sunrise'
A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Iran
Radkan Tower
A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.
Munich, Germany
Wurmeck
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Swing Park
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Washington, D.C.
Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Midland, South Dakota
Skeleton Man Walking Skeleton Dinosaur
Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
Los Angeles, California
Brown Derby
Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
Dignity of Earth and Sky
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Seattle, Washington
The Arctic Club
The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.
Forks, Washington
Second Beach
A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
New York, New York
The Cartoon Wall at Overlook
In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.
Shiraz, Iran
Tomb of Hafez
A dreamy mausoleum honors Persia's most famous poet.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Woody Guthrie Center
A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Book Tower
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Catania, Italy
Elephant Fountain
A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Art-o-mat
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Bologna, Italy
Towers of Bologna
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington Earth Clock
Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.
Binz, Germany
Treetop Tower of Rügen
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Brooklyn, New York
Steinberg Sculpture Garden
A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.
Moscow, Russia
Peter the Great Statue
One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Morris Arboretum
This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.
Toronto, Ontario
Winter Garden Theatre
A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.
