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Saigon Central Post Office.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Saigon Central Post Office

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary Monument

Arlington, Virginia

Peary Monument

A memorial dedicated to the famed North Pole explorer appropriately sits at the far edge of Arlington National Cemetery.

Ready to defend her people

Mishawaka, Indiana

Princess Mishawaka statue

The Princess Mishawaka statue and story honor the legend of a Shawnee Indian heroine and promoted tourism in the 1930s.

A beautiful, starry night sky.

Marlinton, West Virginia

Watoga State Park

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
Douglass called this building a "growlery" after Charles Dickens coined the word "growlery" Charles Dickens coined the term in his novel, Bleak House.

Washington, D.C.

Frederick Douglass' Growlery

A stone nook where Frederick Douglass escaped the world to think, read, and write.

Enkiri Enoki

Tokyo, Japan

Enkiri Enoki

A small shrine run entirely by vending machines.

The Beale Street Hoodoo History and Folklife Museum

Memphis, Tennessee

The Beale Street Hoodoo History and Folklife Museum

The only museum in North America dedicated to Memphis hoodoo history.

The Sun

West Lafayette, Indiana

The Voss Model

A Fibonnaci spiral model of our solar system.

A view down the courtyard

Santa Fe, New Mexico

National Park Service Southwest Regional Office

The largest known adobe office building, emulating in style and layout the forms of traditional adobe architecture common to the region.

Building 11

Staten Island, New York

National Lighthouse Museum

This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Selena Memorial - Mirador de la Flor 2024

Corpus Christi, Texas

Mirador de la Flor

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

A half-smoke sausage from Weenie Beenie

Arlington, Virginia

Weenie Beenie

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

Oldest postbox in Spain

Mayorga, Spain

Spain's Oldest Postbox

The oldest functioning mailbox in Spain was installed in 1793.

The Old School Privy in Genoa

Genoa, Ohio

Old School Privy

This 19th-century outhouse has been recognized as a historic site.

Cave Creek Tubercular Cabin

Cave Creek, Arizona

Cave Creek Tubercular Cabin

The last such cabin in Arizona is a rare remnant of a bygone era of medical treatment.

Tom Hunley General Store

Mathews, Virginia

Mathews Museum

A walk-through general store display reveals how community once functioned in rural coastal America.

Books, Beans, & Candles

Birmingham, Alabama

Books, Beans, & Candles

Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.

The statue.

Windsor, Ohio

Servants of Mary Center for Peace

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

The Georgia Room at Switzer Library

Marietta, Georgia

The Georgia Room at Switzer Library

Strange memorabilia held inside an unassuming library.

Interior of the Coliseum at the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Auriesville, New York, showing the sanctuary and high altar showing a large scale model of the fort that used to be there.

Amsterdam, New York

National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs

Hilltop modernist/folk art shrine and gardens dedicated to a Native American saint.

Leprosy house ruins

Verona, Wisconsin

Verona Leprosy House Ruins

Probably the only remaining trace of a leprosy house in Wisconsin, reflecting a time when leprosy was uncurable and sufferers were isolated.

TACK marks the spot

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

World's Largest Pin

The world's largest pin (or tack) is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) headquarters.

Hope Cathedral

Fredrikstad, Norway

Hope Cathedral

A floating interfaith chapel made from ocean plastic.

The ‘Union County Giant’ House

Marysville, Ohio

The ‘Union County Giant’ House

The historical home of Colonel Noah Orr, also known as the “Union County Giant” who stood at 7ft 8ins.

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