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St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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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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Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Tom Robinson Park
A man and his carbonated beverage.
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The only glass ceilings here are to let in the sunlight.
San Francisco, California
Jack Early Park
This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.
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Tallinn, Estonia
Kalamaja Cemetery Park
This 16th-century cemetery became a recreational park during the Soviet occupation—today it's a little bit of both.
Vicenza, Italy
The Turtles of Vicenza at Parco Querini
Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.
Stratford, Connecticut
Boothe Memorial Park
This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.
Boulder City, Nevada
Hemenway Park
A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.
Mexico City, Mexico
Audiorama Parque España
This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.
Berlin, Germany
Natur-Park SĂ¼dgelände
Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.
Dunfermline, Scotland
Dunfermline's Wallace Well
Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?
Seattle, Washington
Tashkent Park
This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.
Dublin, Ireland
Magazine Fort
This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.
Paisley, Scotland
Barshaw Park
A Paisley park where little has changed since its early 20th-century creation.
Hingham, Massachusetts
World's End
Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Innis House
A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.
Albany, Georgia
Radium Springs Gardens
The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.
Calgary, Alberta
Reader Rock Garden
A Victorian garden in a harsh climate at the border of the prairies and foothills of the Canadian Rockies.
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