St. Augustine, Florida
Fort Matanzas National Monument
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
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St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Hong Kong
A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Palm Coast, Florida
A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.
Worms, Germany
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
Leshan, China
This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.
Jaipur, India
Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Podgarić, Croatia
This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.