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Clive

Covington, Kentucky

Clive

He’s not from around here.

Pope Leo XIV's Childhood Home

Dolton, Illinois

Pope Leo XIV's Childhood Home

Before the Vatican, there was Dolton: This is the childhood home of the first American pope.

The Word of Life mural

Notre Dame, Indiana

The Word of Life Mural at the University of Notre Dame

The mural faces the football stadium and has been known as Touchdown Jesus since 1964

The Main Building

Notre Dame, Indiana

The Golden Dome

The Golden Dome is the most recognized building on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame

The Ladders to Heaven

Bath, England

The Ladders to Heaven

Legend has it that Bishop Oliver King dreamed of angels ascending to heaven and ordered the church's reconstruction in the late 1400s

Vinny’s Circle

Chicago, Illinois

Vinny’s Circle

The buildings around this DePaul University statue create an echo chamber for those standing in the center of the circle.

Medieval Torture Museum

Chicago, Illinois

Medieval Torture Museum

The largest interactive exhibition in the U.S. exploring human history through the lens of power, punishment, and psychology.

Bob Newhart Statue

Chicago, Illinois

Bob Newhart Statue

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

The Red Foot

Chicago, Illinois

The Red Foot

A unique 3-D sculpture based on Rene Magritte’s “The Red Model.”

Sea Palace

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sea Palace

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

Torture Museum Bruges

Bruges, Belgium

Torture Museum Bruges

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

A detail of the sculpture.

Antwerp, Belgium

Lange Wapper Statue

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

Brabo Fountain.

Antwerp, Belgium

Brabo Fountain

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

The Nello and Patrasche sculpture in Handschoenmarkt.

Antwerp, Belgium

Nello and Patrasche

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Midewin  was the first national tallgrass prairie in the United States.

Wilmington, Illinois

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.

Folly Structure

Oak Brook, Illinois

Abandoned Folly

The overgrown remains of a folly temple/playhouse, in an unmaintained section of a Dupage County Forest Preserve.

1940 Air Terminal Museum

Houston, Texas

1940 Air Terminal Museum

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

Graves

Corpus Christi, Texas

Old Bayview Cemetery

The oldest United States federal cemetery west of the Mississippi River.

Selena Memorial - Mirador de la Flor 2024

Corpus Christi, Texas

Mirador de la Flor

A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

Chapel on the Dunes

Port Aransas, Texas

Chapel on the Dunes

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

Balloons and stuffed animals from admirers cover King Von's headstone.

Alsip, Illinois

King Von’s Grave

The final resting place of one of Chicago’s most iconic drill rappers.

A recreation of an earthwork structure built by colonists on Roanoke Island.

Manteo, North Carolina

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

Sponsored By Visit North Carolina
Benjamin Harrison tomb

Indianapolis, Indiana

Benjamin Harrison Gravesite

Why would a Civil War general and president choose to be buried in a local Indianapolis graveyard and not Arlington National Cemetery?

Entrance to the museum

Chicago, Illinois

McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

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