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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
De Pere, Wisconsin
Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
44.4595, -88.2140
Luarca, Spain
Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
Mumbai, India
The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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North Miami Beach, Florida
The Cloisters of the Ancient Spanish Monastery
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Corrubbio, Italy
Byblos Art Hotel
Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.
Stavanger, Norway
Stavanger Cathedral
Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.
Paris, France
Jules Lavirotte’s 29 Avenue Rapp
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Wallachia, Romania
Poenari Castle
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
Hiroshima, Japan
Hiroshima's Hypocenter
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
Guildford, England
Guildford Lido
This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.
Qirmizi Qasaba, Azerbaijan
Krasnaya Sloboda (Qırmızı QƏsƏbƏ)
What might be the largest completely Jewish town in the world outside of Israel now faces dwindling numbers and empty streets.
New Delhi, India
Safdarjung Airport
The former Willingdon Airport started operations in 1929, in India's capital, Delhi. Now, it's used for maintenance runs and helicopter rides.
Georgia
Vardzia Cave Monastery
Underground monastery and fortress.
Billund, Denmark
Legoland in Billund
The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.
Ulm, Germany
Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster)
The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.
Permanently Closed
Fremont, California
The Secret Sidewalk
The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.
Eoropaidh, Scotland
Rubha Robhanais: The Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.
Lenox, Massachusetts
The Mount
The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Painted Rainbow Bridge
A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.
Permanently Closed
St. Louis, Missouri
Cementland
A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.
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