This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.

A neon-illuminated statue of James Cook at the edge of a historical Auckland wharf makes for an unexpected discovery.

A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.

An outdoor gallery of sculptures chiseled from a unique stone that deemed Arequipa's old town a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A monument dedicated in memory of the over 100,000 civilian deaths during the liberation of Manila in World War II.

The oft-overlooked site of one of the first marine biological research facilities in the world.

Forest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.

Preserving the story of an early 20th-century orphanage.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

This monument honors a true hero dog.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.

This 'terrible lizard' was one of the world's first animatronic dinosaurs.

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.

In Indiana's first capital city of Corydon, the original State Capitol still stands among other historic buildings.

A 160-year-old tower built in honor of a scholar who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible.

A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.

A terrace reminiscent of Rome's Spanish Steps is tucked away in a little park in Washington, D.C.