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Brussels, Belgium

Wiertz Museum

The former home and studio of Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Starke, Florida

Atheist Monument

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Extinct Bird Hall

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.
Hillsboro, West Virginia

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.
Phu Quoc, Vietnam

Phu Quoc Prison History Museum

This museum stands out for its poignant portrayal of the atrocities of the Vietnam War and serves as a vital educational tool for promoting peace and understanding.
Cape Town, South Africa

The Most Southwestern Point of Africa

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.
Chickasha, Oklahoma

Chickasha Leg Lamp

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.
Flemming, Montserrat

Montserrat Volcano Observatory

Safely view the Soufrière Hills volcano, which has been erupting since 1995.
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Bulawayo Club

A time capsule from 1934 Rhodesia, showing the grace and disgrace of a bygone era.
Winter Park, Florida

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Quarantainestation Heijplaat (Heijplaat Quarantine Center)

A 20th-century naval quarantine center is now a local park.
Easton, Pennsylvania

National Canal Museum

Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.
Bloomfield, Missouri

The Stars and Stripes National Museum and Library

The first military newspaper in U.S. history was printed in Bloomfield, Missouri.
Sponsored by Visit Missouri
Green Island, Taiwan

Green Island Lighthouse

An American lighthouse stands on an island cliffside in Taiwan.
Weston, Missouri

National Silk Art Museum

The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.
Harrisons, Barbados

Harrison's Point Lighthouse

An abandoned lighthouse located on the cliffs of Barbados.
Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia

Woomera Ground Zero for British Atomic Tests

This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.
Ivanjica, Serbia

Monument of Revolution in Ivanjica

A large open-air Socialist Realist mosaic, considered the largest in Serbia.
St. Augustine, Florida

Disease Vector Education Center

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.
Genoa, Italy

The Lighthouse of Genoa

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

Frankfurt Book Burning Memorial

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.
San Francisco, California

American Bookbinders Museum

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

Chapel of the Snows

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.
Queens, New York

Home for Retired Playground Animals

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.