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Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory

Union, West Virginia

Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

Exterior of the Nott with flowers.

Schenectady, New York

Nott Memorial

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

A monument to the site stands near the entrance to the recreation area.

Chicago, Illinois

Nike Missile Site C-44

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

A PIRATA weather buoy, the only thing that is really at Null Island.

Null Island

A busy island at the center of the world that doesn’t actually exist.

Shangri La

Honolulu, Hawaii

Shangri La

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

Entrance to the colony

Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Kalaupapa Leper Colony

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

Central stones at Kūkaniloko Birthstones

Wahiawa, Hawaii

Kukaniloko Birthstones

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

Lanai Cat Sanctuary

Lanai City, Hawaii

Lanai Cat Sanctuary

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

Lightship Portsmouth Museum

Portsmouth, Virginia

Lightship Portsmouth Museum

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Treblinka is certainly the most utterly heartbreaking, stomach-turning, wretched place I have ever visited.

Treblinka, Poland

Muzeum Treblinka

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

Garden at the American Legation

Tangier, Morocco

Tangier American Legation Museum

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.

'Morgondagens Väder' ('Tomorrow's Weather')

Stockholm, Sweden

'Morgondagens Väder' ('Tomorrow's Weather')

An abstract representation of weather in Sweden.

Main Entrance

Hastings, England

Shipwreck Museum

From battleships to Roman vessels, this museum explores the depths of shipwrecks in the region.

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse

Hudson, New York

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

Back side of mill with metal wheel.

Germantown, Maryland

Black Rock Mill

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

Ft. Ward Main Gate

Alexandria, Virginia

Fort Ward Park

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

Statue of a soldier running up the beach.

Bedford, Virginia

National D-Day Memorial

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

Bottomless Lakes State Park

Roswell, New Mexico

Bottomless Lakes State Park

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

Tasmanian Devil Unzoo

Taranna, Australia

Tasmanian Devil Unzoo

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.

City of Rocks State Park

Faywood, New Mexico

City of Rocks State Park

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

Looking toward Eastgate on old US-50 (NV-722), from near its west junction.

Austin, Nevada

Nevada State Route 722

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

The mural was not part of the original brewery.

Pyongyang, North Korea

Taedonggang Brewing Company

An English brewery transported to North Korea.

Múzeum Slovenského Národného Povstania (Museum of the Slovak National Uprising)

Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Múzeum Slovenského Národného Povstania (Museum of the Slovak National Uprising)

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

'Molecule Men'

Berlin, Germany

'Molecule Man'

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

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