In 1936, Luis Tufiño, an Ecuadorian geographer built the first monument in the Middle of the World. More than 40 years later, in 1979, the monument was relocated 7 kilometers west of its origin ...

It's the oldest masonry fortification in the U.S. What ... Additionally, it is one of only two forts in the world constructed from coquina, a semirare limestone composed of shell fragments.