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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
Agra, India
Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Boston, Massachusetts
Kelleher Rose Garden
One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."
42.3419, -71.0949
Jersey City, New Jersey
Infinity Climber
A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.
40.7083, -74.0545
Jacksonville, Florida
Abandoned Annie Lytle Elementary School
Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.
30.3188, -81.6800
Prague, Czechia
The Deer Moat Pedestrian Tunnel
The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.
50.0915, 14.3987
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
World's Largest Cuckoo Clock
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
48.1477, 8.2409
Ottery Saint Mary, England
The Tar Barrels of Ottery St. Mary
Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.
50.7528, -3.2771
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Five Fishermen Restaurant
How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?
44.6479, -63.5753
Newberry, Michigan
Oswald's Bear Ranch
Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.
46.4307, -85.5919
Miami, Florida
Ferdinand Magellan Presidential Railcar
With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.
25.6172, -80.4008
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
33.8371, -116.6141
Cincinnati, Ohio
Twin Lakes Capitoline Wolf
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
39.1176, -84.4879
Barcelona, Spain
Palau Dalmases
This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.
41.3845, 2.1814
Marietta, Georgia
St. James Episcopal Cemetery
An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.
33.9550, -84.5565
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flamingo Habitat
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
36.1166, -115.1712
Williton, England
The Bakelite Museum
A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."
51.1648, -3.3087
Magdalena, New Mexico
Bracewell Radio Sundial
A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.
34.0742, -107.6227
Albi, France
Albi Cathedral
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
43.9285, 2.1426
Benidorm, Spain
Intempo Building
This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed
38.5377, -0.1546
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