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Warsaw, Poland

Fangor Mosaics

Complex tile installations designed by a renowned Polish artist in a Warsaw subway.
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Chemainus, British Columbia

Pacific Rim Artisan Village Gate

A decaying gateway to a never-built housing collective.
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Tenerife, Spain

Guajara Observatory

The ruins of the first mountaintop observatory are just a hike away.
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Potsdam, Germany

Cecilienhof Palace

One of the few Tudor palaces in Germany, which hosted a historic WWII meeting.
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Kinmount, Ontario

Highlands Cinemas

A movie theater, film museum, and cat sanctuary all in one.
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Queensland, Nova Scotia

Hooked Rug Museum of North America

Tucked away in a quiet corner of rural Nova Scotia, the first museum in North America dedicated to preserving the art of making rugs by hand.
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Benedict, Oregon

Mount Angel Abbey Library

The only building in the western U.S. designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
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Glen Rose, Texas

Creation Evidence Museum

A museum showcasing fossils purportedly proving a 6,000-year-old Earth.
Added by cdanesh
Pavia, Italy

Idroscalo di Pavia

Abandoned hangar from a forgotten part of aviation history, along the Ticino River in Lombardy.
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Ekebol, Sweden

Ekebol’s Cave

Location of a royal cave rave in the 1800s, now largely forgotten.
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Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore’s Painted Ladies

These vibrant row houses are a unique example of Baltimore kitsch.
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Medford, Massachusetts

Amelia Earhart Home

The aviator lived here from 1924 until she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane in 1928.
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Missouri Valley, Iowa

Steamboat Bertrand Museum

Thousands of objects from a steamboat wreck reveal an extraordinary snapshot of American frontier life in 1865.
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Montech, France

Montech Water Slope

This feat of diesel-powered engineering enabled boats to bypass a series of five locks.
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Enterprise, Alabama

Ronald McDonald Boll Weevil Statue

A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.
Added by emothedesolate
Chomutov, Czechia

Dragon of Brezno

This massive, now-retired coal-mine excavator is said to resemble a mythical dragon.
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Valencia, Spain

Café Sant Jaume

Former 19th-century apothecary serves a top-tier version of Valencia's signature cocktail.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Historic Dobbin House

This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
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