Gallery: Fascinating Ways People Try to Leave Their Mark on the World
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The Shoe Tree. Highway 50, Nevada.
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Gates of Graceland. Memphis, Tennessee.
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Poster Wars. Avignon, France.
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Oscar Wilde's tomb. Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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The Labyrinth constructed by artist Eduardo Aguilera that overlooks Golden Gate Bridge at Lands End park in San Francisco.
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Tree Tunnel. Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California.
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A cross and photo left on a fence in New Mexico.
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Crazy Horse Monument. Black Hills, South Dakota.
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Pictographs, Horseshoe Canyon. Canyonlnads National Park, Utah.
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Heather in Flames. Convict Lake, California.
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Thomas Jefferson's tombstone at Monticello, Virginia.
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Number Hill. Arco, Idaho.
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Tony and Jane, Roadside. Highway 50. Nevada.
Photo by: David Gardner1421-FishTremble
Conway Summit, California.
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