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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is a replica of the original theater originally built in 1599 and rebuilt in 1614 after it was destroyed by fire a year earlier. Situated on the south bank of the River Thames, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre opened to the public in 1997 and is a great place for watching the plays of William Shakespeare as the playwright intended them to be performed.

Shrum Mound was likely built between 800 BC and 100 AD. At approximately 100 feet in diameter and 20 feet tall, Shrum Mound is said to be “one of the last remaining conical burial mounds” in Columbus. The grass-covered mound features a path leading to the top. The mound is located in Campbell Park, named for former Ohio Gov. James E. Campbell who later served as president of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society. The mound derives its name from the Shrum family, which in 1928 donated the land where the mound sits to the Ohio Historical Society.

The Skyline Queenstown gondola that takes visitors to Bob’s Peak, the prominent hill above Queenstown, part of the Ben Lomond mountain. Bus company owner Ian Hamilton had a road cut in 1961 to drive tourists to the viewpoint. Two years after Hamilton died, Jon Dumble purchased his shares and took on two business partners for Skyline Tours. The company built a chalet on Bob’s Peak that opened in January 1964. The following year, they received planning permission to build a gondola. Skyline Enterprises launched as a public company and purchased Skyline Tours. Dumble became the company’s first managing director. The gondola system opened officially on Nov. 17, 1967.

Smyrna Public Library in Smyrna, Georgia, traces its roots to 1936, when the Smyrna Women’s Club opened the city’s first library in shared space with just 50 books on a single shelf. Boy Scouts and other local children helped grow the collection by going door-to-door with wheelbarrows to collect donated books. Within two years, the library had grown to 1,400 items, an early sign of the role it would come to play in community life.

Today, the library is recognized as the oldest city-operated library in Georgia and remains an important civic institution in the heart of Smyrna. In addition to its lending collection, it regularly hosts art exhibits and speakers on topics of local and regional interest, giving visitors and residents another way to engage with the community.

The library’s history also reflects Smyrna’s growth over time. A 4,000-square-foot building on King Street opened during Mayor George Kreeger’s first term, with additions following in 1969 and 1973. When the current library opened on the Village Green in August 1991, the earlier building took on new roles before it was eventually demolished in 2002.

The Southernmost Point Buoy is a concrete buoy that ostensibly marks the southernmost point in the continental United States and is a popular photograph for tourists. The buoy, which sits at 18 feet above sea level, was established in 1983 at South and Whitehead streets. Cuba is about 90 miles south of the point, but the exact distance is disputed, as is the southernmost point claim. The southernmost point was initially marked with a small sign before city officials erected the buoy in 1983. Hurricane Irma damaged the paint job in September 2017, but the original artist, with support from the city of Key West, refurbished it.