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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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Sturgeon, Missouri
The Pinnacles
A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.
New Haven, Connecticut
East Rock Park
Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.
Brooklyn, New York
The Carousel in Prospect Park
You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.
insects
Fireflies That Blink In Sync Return To Tennessee
Most fireflies switch on and off randomly—but not these guys.
Mattoon, Illinois
Blalack & Walter Well No. 1
This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.
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We Took a Celebrity Dog Trainer to a New York City Dog Park
A-list dogs are easy after you've grown up in a refugee camp and owned a wolf.
New York, New York
Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
Earle, Arkansas
Parkin Archeological State Park
The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.
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The Woodcarver Drawing Secret Faces on Trees at This Canadian Park
"The Magic Man of Cottonwood Island."
Grand Lake, Colorado
Holzwarth Trout Lodge
The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.
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A Secret, Wild Pocket Of Central Park Reopens
It had been closed to the public since 1934.
Pyengana, Australia
St Columba Falls
A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.
Moscow, Russia
Golosov Ravine
Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.
White Pine County, Nevada
Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
New York, New York
Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
The Basin
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
Amman, Jordan
Sports City
This sprawling, formerly elite sporting complex in Amman, Jordan has become a local picnic spot.
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