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Handy Guides to the World’s Most Curious Places

The Frank Lloyd Wright gas station today
Hollow Mountain
The station at night.
Helios House
Would you like a little scandal with that petrol?

America’s Grandest Gas Stations

A cross-country journey through 13 unique service stations.

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Including Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station, Hollow Mountain , Union 76 Gas Station, and The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station

Apatosaurus trackway
Great Stupa of Dharmakaya
Scott Harrison built this just for you
Crestone Ziggurat.
Coney Island Hot Dog Stand
Tank at Dawn

21 Unexpected Wonders in Colorado’s Vibrant Cities and Small Towns

Uncover hidden gems within Colorado’s charming cities and small towns–like Durango, Golden, Grand Junction, Last Chance, and more.

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Including Picketwire Canyon Trackway, Great Stupa of Dharmakaya , Carousel of Happiness, and Crestone Ziggurat

Wat Saam Prasob during the dry season
The House in the Loire.
For more than 30 years, the former town of Potosi resided underwater after it was flooded by the building of a dam
Steeple in the lake
Igreja Sagrado Coração de Jesus
Geamana, Romania

18 Slightly Submerged Architectural Wonders

There's something in the water.

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Including Wat Saam Prasob, the Sunken Temple, House in the Loire, The Drowned Church of Potosi, and The Steeple in the Edersee

Publix Cake Water Tower
Water tower with cannery in background
Bell Labs water tower
Nave Espacial de Varginha
Mushroom Towers in Kuwait City.

The Weird, Wonderful World of Water Towers

More than just pieces of infrastructure, these 15 water towers double as works of art.

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Including Publix Cake Water Tower, Corn Water Tower, Luling Watermelon Water Tower, and Bell Laboratories Transistor Water Tower

The Raven Room
Poe Cottage in the Bronx
The main reading room of the Athenaeum.
The Horse You Came In On Saloon.
Plaque that marks the former hospital

12 Important Places in Edgar Allan Poe's Life (and Death)

A tour of the writer's world, from his short-lived military career to his multiple gravesites.

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Including The Raven Room, Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Providence Athenaeum, and The Horse You Came In On Saloon

On Doll’s Head Trail
La Isla de las Muñecas
A collection of 8 coffins with their lids and carved figures, found in a rocky niche on the north-eastern slopes of Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh, in June 1836
Robert the Doll
The Wooden Man appears as if sleeping.

11 Places Where Dolls Are a Frightening Sight

We're not in the toy aisle anymore.

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Including Grassy Point Railroad Bridge, Doll's Head Trail, La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls), and Burke & Hare Murder Dolls

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