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One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

The Cuban revolutionary looks over the country from its highest peak.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.