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Verkhoyanskiy ulus, Russia

The Batagaika Crater

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.
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Tokyo, Japan

Brasserie Kyushoku Toban

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Tuberculosis Huts

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.
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Tokyo, Japan

Ninja Akasaka

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.
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Newport, Rhode Island

Touro Cemetery

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Paris, France

WWII Bunker Under Gare de l'Est

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.
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Northport, New York

The Little Prince Statue

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.
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Seattle, Washington

Seattle's Ramps to Nowhere

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.
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Pine Plains, New York

Dutch's Spirits

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.
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Rochester, New York

Rochester Lilac Festival

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.
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Willoughby Hills, Ohio

Squire's Castle

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.
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Tokyo, Japan

Christon Café

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.
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Washington, D.C.

Willard Hotel

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
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Egypt

Samir Lama Memorials

Scattered monuments in the middle of the Sahara dedicated to the late Egyptian actor and desert explorer.
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Ithaca, New York

Gourdlandia

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.
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Nowata, Oklahoma

Bowling Ball Yard Art

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.
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Wolin, Poland

Jomsborg Marker

A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.
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Grímsey, Iceland

Grímsey Island

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.
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