Wellesley, Massachusetts
Babson Globe
A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.
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Wellesley, Massachusetts
A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.
Velha Goa, India
Once considered one of the three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world.
Helsinki, Finland
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Columbus, New Mexico
Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.
Wall Township, New Jersey
A piece of telecommunications history.
Hanover, Germany
After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.
Parker, Arizona
One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.
Puerto Rico
On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.
Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Lagro, Indiana
This rock formation above the Wabash River is part of an ancient coral reef.
Kyoto, Japan
Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.
Sölvesborg, Sweden
One of the longest footbridges in Europe.
Helsingør, Denmark
The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.
Chinook, Montana
This remote Montana battlefield is the site of the Nez Perce Flight of 1877.
Petite-Rivière-de-l'Ile, New Brunswick
Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.
Tillar, Arkansas
Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.
Tallinn, Estonia
Dedicated to the untimely death of American balloonist and parachutist.
Stockholm, Sweden
Celebrating the Swedish ship used in the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage.
Bluffton, Indiana
Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.
Scott, Arkansas
People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.
Strong City, Kansas
A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.
Hawthorne, Nevada
Once a staging site for World War II munitions.
Elm Creek, Kansas
One of the stops along the fateful journey of the Donner Party.