ASSASSINS
It's a tradition to leave pennies atop this assassin's tombstone at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore
John Wilkes Booth
A near dozen limestone stacks by the Great Ocean Road in Australia are collectively called the Twelve these biblical folks
the Apostles
Head to Lake Itasca in Minnesota if you want to see the source of this river
the Mississippi
Look up from the waters of the "Boiling Pot" in Zambia below this landmark & you can see folks in Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls
In 1780 he asked the Brits for 20,000 pounds to betray his command post at West Point; that's almost $4 million today
Benedict Arnold
In 1984 2 of her Sikh bodyguards shot her outside her home in New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Vestlandet, a region of this Scandinavian country, features rugged North Sea coastline
Norway
This, actually a volcano, is Oregon's highest point
Mount Hood
Linking the Firth & Clyde Canal to the Union Canal 115 above, the Falkirk Wheel takes boats for a spin in this country
Scotland
For acts of terror in trying to keep this African country from independence, French officer Raoul Salan was convicted of treason in 1962
Algeria
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In 1977 this assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. escaped from prison but was recaptured after 54 hours
Ray
The Cabot Trail takes you by some epic coastal views of this "Cape" (actually an island) in Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
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Harry Truman made it the official presidential retreat in 1945
Camp David
The Electric City Trolley Museum delights visitors in this U.S. city, as did a fictional "Office"
Scranton
This future world leader was on trial for treason from 1956 to 1961; he'd be acquitted but was soon jailed anyway
Nelson Mandela
In 222 eccentric Roman emperor Elagabalus was assassinated by this group that was supposed to protect him
the Praetorian Guard
Californians are used to hearing of road closures due to erosion in this coastal community between San Simeon & Carmel
Big Sur
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This is the only state in the United States split into two large land segments
Michigan
These twin buildings in Asia rise to 1,483 feet & are connected by a double-decker skybridge on levels 41 & 42
the Petronas Tower
In 1542 Parliament said it was treason for an unchaste woman to wed the king; that can't be good, said her, Henry VIII's wife V
Catherine Howard
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Just days after stabbing Jean-Paul Marat through the heart, she lost her head on the guillotine
Charlotte Corday
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The name of these cliffs on the coast of County Clare comes from a Gaelic word meaning "ruined fort"
The Cliffs of Moher
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Head to this Texas city to visit the Dr Pepper Museum--you might get a free beverage
Waco
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Each side of El Castillo, a pyramid in this ancient Maya city in Mexico, has 91 stairs; add the step on the top, & whoa, that's 365
Chichen Itzá
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Pedrarias, governor of Darién in what's now Panama, had this explorer beheaded in 1519 for treason
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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