Geographic Markers

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

This small bronze pyramid marks the center of Belgrade, but some say it is a Masonic symbol.

This original Mason-Dixon line cairn placed in the 1760s was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

The northernmost point of continental Africa—or is it?

A helicopter memorial commemorating what was once the only way to access this West Berlin exclave.

Where Saint-Martin ends and Sint Maarten begins (or vice versa).

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

The point where New South Wales meets Queensland and South Australia.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.

The last remaining 19th-century mile marker along the historic Ocean Parkway.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.

Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.

In this German city center, the streets have no names.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.