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Cho Myeong-ha Incident Monument

Taichung City, Taiwan

Cho Myeong-ha Incident Monument

A trilingual monument marks the site of a Korean independence activist's assassination attempt on a Japanese prince in Taiwan.

The former Lancaster County Courthouse, now the Lancaster History Museum.

Lancaster, South Carolina

Lancaster County Courthouse

This former courthouse is allegedly the site of the last witch trial in the United States.

August 2021.

El Trapiche, Panama

Coiba Island Penal Colony

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

Exterior of Noble Signs, where the collection is housed.

Brooklyn, New York

New York Sign Museum

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.

The National Civil Rights Museum

Memphis, Tennessee

National Civil Rights Museum

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

 Elmwood Cemetery

Memphis, Tennessee

Elmwood Cemetery

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

Hamburg's "green bunker" repurposes World War II weaponry.

Hamburg, Germany

Feldstraße Bunker

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

‘The Calling’

Saint Paul, Minnesota

‘The Calling’

With a 90-foot wingspan, the world’s largest loon sculpture stands outside Allianz Field.

What appears to be an ancient Greek ruin is, in fact, a colossal mess.

Edinburgh, Scotland

National Monument of Scotland

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."

Intricate stonework lines a walkway at Causland Memorial Park.

Anacortes, Washington

Causland Memorial Park

This public park features intricate stone architecture, mosaics, and walkways.

Saint Mary's Glacier.

St Mary's, Colorado

Saint Mary's Glacier

Colorado’s most beloved glacier is an imposter.

The Monton Lighthouse in 2014.

Eccles, England

Monton Lighthouse

Despite being 30 miles from the coast, this suburb is home to a lighthouse thanks to a permitting loophole.

Palazzo dei Papi (Palace of the Popes).

Viterbo, Italy

Palazzo dei Papi (Palace of the Popes)

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.

The arrow, looking back toward arrow #31 by Moapa.

Mesquite, Nevada

Airmail Arrow #32 LA-SL

A concrete arrow from a 1920s airmail navigation network.

Port Townsend's Fire Bell Tower.

Port Townsend, Washington

Fire Bell Tower

Built in 1890, this is the last remaining wooden fire bell tower in the United States.

LV78 in Ocean Village.

Southampton, England

Calshot Lightship

This bright ship once guided vessels towards the Port of Southampton.

This museum is hidden in what appears to be an ordinary office building.

Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwan Stock Museum

Learn all about Taiwanese financial history from inside a former high-security vault.

The Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite is in the heart of the Bighorn Basin in north-central Wyoming.

Graybull, Wyoming

Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite

This largest dinosaur tracksite in Wyoming is one of the only in the world from the Middle Jurassic Period.

This landscape in this park is truly striking.

Quitaque, Texas

Caprock Canyon State Park

Welcome to a starkly beautiful sanctuary where the buffalo roam.

This unusual linear clock shows the time all around the world.

London, England

The World Time Today

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

This unusual relief depicts a future president serving a cup of coffee to an injured soldier.

Wilmington, Delaware

McKinley Monument

This relief sculpture depicts America’s most famous coffee break.

This ones for the lovers... of cats.

Baku, Azerbaijan

'Monument to Lovers and Cats'

Look up as you explore Baku’s old town to find a monument to the local feline population.

Front window display.

San Rafael, California

Museum of International Propaganda

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

Mt. Baker Ridge Sunset Stones

Seattle, Washington

Mt. Baker Ridge Sunset Stones

These split boulders mark equinoxes and solstices along the Seattle skyline.

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