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The Summit of Mount Washington

Jackson, New Hampshire

Mount Washington

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The memorial with the modern-day summit area in the background

Jackson, New Hampshire

Lizzie Bourne Memorial

Near the summit of Mount Washington, a stone monument remembers a life lost to one of the mountain's infamous storms.

Driftwood Beach

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Driftwood Beach

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Horton House 2007, the house was built in 1742

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Horton House

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

The cemetery is small and walled.

Jekyll Island, Georgia

DuBignon Cemetery

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

Brasstown Bald Historical Marker

Blairsville, Georgia

Brasstown Bald

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

A few easy turns.

Forneys Creek, North Carolina

Tail of the Dragon

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church

Townsend, Tennessee

Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Caffé REL

Franklin, North Carolina

Caffé REL

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

Clive

Covington, Kentucky

Clive

He’s not from around here.

Spring Grove Cemetery

Cincinnati, Ohio

Spring Grove Cemetery

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

A gift from Mussolini to the city of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Twin Lakes Capitoline Wolf

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

3-15-21

Knoxville, Tennessee

The Sunsphere

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Entrance to the Ringlin

Sarasota, Florida

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Window Panel with Saint Vincent on the Rack
Permanently Closed

Sarasota, Florida

Medieval Art Exhibit at the Ringling Museum

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

Florida Keys Memorial

Islamorada, Florida

Florida Keys Memorial

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

Elephants playing in the mud at Elephant Nature Park.

Tambon Kuet Chang, Thailand

Elephant Nature Park

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

House of Opium

Sop Ruak, Thailand

House of Opium

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

Fortress of Suomenlinna

Helsinki, Finland

Fortress of Suomenlinna

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

View from Pointe Vénus to the Baie de Matavai, Tahiti.

Tahiti, French Polynesia

Point Venus

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

La Mina Waterfall

Puerto Rico

Cascada La Mina (La Mina Falls)

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.

La Casa Estrecha.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

La Casa Estrecha (The Narrow House)

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

Inside El Batey.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

El Batey

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

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