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Cave of Hercules, Toledo, Spain.

Toledo, Spain

Cave of Hercules

This ancient Roman cistern has been the source of many legends throughout the centuries.

Leif Erikson Plaque 

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Leif Erikson Plaque 

An engraved granite slab claims to mark the location where Leif Erikson built his house in the year 1000.

NTU Giant Sequoia

Taipei, Taiwan

NTU Giant Sequoia

A giant sequoia tree slice that traveled across oceans and lived through wars

Judy Garland's Autograph next to a pair of replica ruby slippers made by costume designer Shawn Ryan

Chittenango, New York

All Things Oz Museum

It has a large collection of Wizard of Oz and OZ universe related items.

Tour an Amish pioneer’s historic homestead in Berks County.

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

Nicholas Stoltzfus House

Experience life in Colonial times at an Amish pioneer’s historic homestead in Berks County.

Hex signs can be seen on the side of this barn at Hawk Valley Farms.

Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Barn Stars of Berks County 

Decorative folk arts dot the countryside barns of Berks County. 

The rocks descended from the quartzite cliffs of Blue Mountain.

Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania

Blue Rocks Boulder Field

This unusual rock formation in Berks County is nearly a mile long and may date from the Ice Age.

Journey through the beautiful “Secret Valley” aboard a vintage railcar.

Boyertown, Pennsylvania

Colebrookdale Railroad 

Experience the glamour of vintage rail travel as you journey through the historic Secret Valley. 

Weltzeituhr

Berlin, Germany

Weltzeituhr

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

The front of the memorial

Bratislava, Slovakia

Memorial to the Victims of Communism

A quiet memorial to the victims of the Soviet-backed communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

Van Gogh House

Mount Dora, Florida

Van Gogh House

In a Florida town known for antiques, this painted home became an art attraction and a symbol of love.

Mériadeck's Le Centre residential building.

Bordeaux, France

Mériadeck Quarter

This modern district offers a stark contrast to Bordeaux's terrace-lined squares and waterfront façades.

Shop windows with references to sport and folklore; featuring Olympic athlete Nafissatou Thiam and "combat des échasseurs."

Namur, Belgium

La Fresque des Wallons

A trompe-l'oeil fresco celebrating 250 Walloon figures who left their mark on the region.

The Legos of the Palais de Justice

Rouen, France

The Legos of the Palais de Justice

Lego blocks now patch Rouen's WWII scars.

Wat Pho Reclining Buddha

Bangkok, Thailand

Wat Pho Reclining Buddha

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

The First Inhabitant

San Antonio, Texas

'The First Inhabitant'

A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.

An example of a buried seed capsule in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle.

Seattle, Washington

Buried Indigenous Seed Capsules

Part of Seattle’s Ravenna Creek Drop project, these capsules preserve seeds of plants that predated the city.

by Dan Kitchener

Vaasa, Finland

Wasa Graffitilandia

Relocated graffiti- and street-art exhibition space in a former national railway warehouse.

Two kangaroo rats.

Leader, Saskatchewan

Wildlife Sculptures of Leader

The endangered animals of the southern Canadian prairie are on larger-than-life display in this tiny town.

Bob Cage's Sculpture Farm

South Boston, Virginia

Bob Cage's Sculpture Farm

A collection of abstract sculptures by a former tobacco auctioneer turned outsider artist.

View of the exhibiton 'Resande Man' / 'Travelling Man' at Vrak - Museum of Wrecks in Stockholm.

Stockholm, Sweden

Vrak – Museum of Wrecks

A museum that dives into Sweden’s maritime past through preserved shipwrecks and interactive exhibits.

Bandar Abbas Vishnu Temple

Bandar Abbas, Iran

Bandar Abbas Vishnu Temple

This Hindu temple in Iran is a testament to the country's long history of trade with India.

Visitors stand inside the edelweiss arrangement

St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria

Sennhütte

Cozy mountain lodge home to a world record-winning collection of edelweiss flowers.

Honnō-ji Temple Main Hall.

Kyoto, Japan

Honnō-ji Temple

The infamous 'Incident at Honnō-ji' brought an end to Oda Nobunaga’s attempt to unify a warring Japan.

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