Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Jim Thorpe Monument
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Paris, France
If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.
Paris, France
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Aix-en-Provence, France
Balconies that have a most unusual accent.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Tampa, Florida
At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.
Tampa, Florida
The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.
New York, New York
This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.
New York, New York
A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.
New York, New York
This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.
New York, New York
Here be dragons.
New York, New York
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
Washington, D.C.
Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.
Bosque, New Mexico
The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.