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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
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Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
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The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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Los Angeles, California
Mosaic Tile House
Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.
Nairobi, Kenya
Karen Blixen Museum
The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.
Atlanta, Georgia
Margaret Mitchell House
The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'
Bruges, Belgium
House Bouchoute
The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.
Équihen-Plage, France
Inverted Boat Houses
These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Glass Treehouse
Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.
Sosúa, Dominican Republic
Castillo Mundo King
An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Satyagraha House
The home of Mahatma Gandhi during part of the 21 years he spent living in South Africa is now a guest house.
Angers, France
La Maison d'Adam (Adam's House)
A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.
architecture
Why There's No Place Quite Like the American Garage
The garage is a symbol of suburbia, a site of rebellion, and a very strange room.
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Bolwoningen
This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.
Béccar, Argentina
Villa Ocampo
A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ricardo Rojas House Museum
A pocket of serenity in hectic Buenos Aires, complete with a peaceful courtyard and massive library.
Tigre Partido, Argentina
Sarmiento House
The house of a former Argentinian president stands protected within a large glass case.
Bognor Regis, England
Blake's Cottage
Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.
Tempe, Arizona
Eisendrath House
The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.
Concord, Massachusetts
Orchard House
Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.
Chastleton, England
Chastleton House Croquet Lawn
Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.
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