Weston, Missouri
National Silk Art Museum
The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.
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Weston, Missouri
The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.
Harrisons, Barbados
An abandoned lighthouse located on the cliffs of Barbados.
Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia
This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.
Ivanjica, Serbia
A large open-air Socialist Realist mosaic, considered the largest in Serbia.
St. Augustine, Florida
The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.
Genoa, Italy
Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.
Frankfurt, Germany
Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.
San Francisco, California
This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.
Queens, New York
A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.
Helsingborg, Sweden
These whimsical rabbit figures are not as innocent as they might look.
Frederick, Maryland
This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.
Madrid, Spain
This open-air sculpture museum is located under a bridge in the center of Madrid.
Trondheim, Norway
A museum dedicated to Norwegian music, old and new alike.
Kiangan, Philippines
This memorial commemorates where a Japanese commander surrendered to Allied forces on September 3, 1945.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Art blooms at this unique outdoor gallery along the banks of the Arkansas River.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.
Yerington, Nevada
Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.
Manado, Indonesia
A massive statue depicts Jesus as if he's about to take off in flight.
Southampton, England
Dedicated to the five postal workers who died aboard the doomed ocean liner, this plaque was made from a spare propeller from the Titanic.
Quailburn, New Zealand
Towering earthen formations that rise straight out of the ground in New Zealand .
St. Augustine, Florida
This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.
Thermopolis, Wyoming
The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.
Washington, D.C.
In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.