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West Ballina, Australia

The Big Prawn

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
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Yangon, Myanmar

Chin Tsong Palace

This extravagant villa built by a Burmese merchant is part pagoda and part European mansion.
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Thetford, England

Thetford Warren Lodge

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.
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Hathersage, England

Little John's Grave

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.
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Riga, Latvia

Big Christopher

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.
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Bathurst, South Africa

The Big Pineapple

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.
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Nahouri, Burkina Faso

Cour Royale de Tiébélé

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.
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Prague, Czechia

Paternoster Lift

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
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Seoul, South Korea

Museum Kimchikan

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.
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Saint-Rivoal, France

Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.
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New York, New York

Site of the Pan Am Helipad

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.
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Bethesda, Maryland

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.
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Portland, Oregon

Hippo Hardware

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.
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Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow City Center Mural Trail

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.
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Moldova

'Welcome to Gagauzia' Sign

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.
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Nagasaki, Japan

Head of the Virgin Mary

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.
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Bristol, England

The Nails

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.
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sovkhoza im. Lenina, Russia

Castle of Childhood

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.
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