Year: 2022

Malartic Mine

Discover Malartic Mine in Malartic, Québec: The largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.

Iolaire Memorial

Discover Iolaire Memorial in Outer Hebrides, Scotland: A memorial dedicated to a boating accident that was bringing troops back home from World War I.

Nashville’s 8th Avenue Reservoir

Discover 8th Avenue Reservoir in Nashville, Tennessee: In 1912, a broken section of the reservoir wall released millions of gallons of water and destroyed many homes downhill.

Brauerei Hofstetten

Discover Brauerei Hofstetten in Adsdorf, Austria: Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

Wood Hat Spirits

Discover Wood Hat Spirits in New Florence, Missouri: Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

Parque Rivadavia Book Market

Discover Parque Rivadavia Book Market in Buenos Aires, Argentina: With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

Henrietta Lacks Statue

Discover Henrietta Lacks Statue in Bristol, England: A monument dedicated to the unrecognized Black "mother" of modern medicine.

Stephen Hillenburg Memorial

Discover Stephen Hillenburg Memorial in Anaheim, California: A monument to the legacy of the man who created Spongebob Squarepants at the school where his passion for art and marine biology began.

Archway

Discover Archway in Kearney, Nebraska: A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

The 8 best museums in Rome

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Rome’s abundant museums, monuments, churches and important sites number in the hundreds, if not thousands. In a year of visits, you might only make a significant dent (at best) in everything there is to see here. Still, it’s possible to get a real f…

Innis House

Discover Innis House in Fredericksburg, Virginia: A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Arm of Buel Stanley

Discover The Arm of Buel Stanley in Blue Ridge, Georgia: Turns out fishing with dynamite isn't all that safe.

Ridgewood Reservoir

Discover Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens, New York: This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

Tramlijn 8

Discover Tramlijn 8 in Amsterdam, Netherlands: A line number in Amsterdam that will likely never be used again due to its tragic history.

The Winchester Mizmaze

Discover The Winchester Mizmaze in Winchester, England: A rare labyrinth-style path carved into a historic hill.

Goddard Rocket Launching Site

Discover Goddard Rocket Launching Site in Auburn, Massachusetts: A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

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