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20.6767, -103.3429
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15.2635, -23.7437
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25.7421, 55.9361
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27.1951, 78.0212
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Vizille, France
The Death Mask of Gabrielle Danton
The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.
45.0757, 5.7733
Washington, D.C.
Capital Transit Co. Streetcar Barn
Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.
38.9056, -77.0699
Toronto, Ontario
Ireland Park
A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.
43.6347, -79.3958
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Schimpff's Confectionery
This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.
38.2726, -85.7414
Mexico City, Mexico
Minichelista Restaurant
A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.
19.4654, -99.1681
Limones, Panama
Tigre Salvaje
A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.
8.0420, -82.8721
Washington, D.C.
Civil War Nurses Memorial
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
38.9058, -77.0402
Tropea, Italy
Santa Maria dell’Isola Monastery
A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."
38.6799, 15.8958
Chicago, Illinois
Thorne Miniature Rooms
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
41.8796, -87.6237
Washington, D.C.
Riggs Bank
The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.
38.8991, -77.0340
Chicago, Illinois
Stained Glass at Navy Pier
A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.
41.8917, -87.6085
Kearney, Missouri
Watkins Woolen Mill
One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.
39.4005, -94.2546
Madrid, Spain
Javier Puerta Museum of Anatomy
One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.
40.4447, -3.7241
Clophill, England
St. Mary The Virgin
A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”
52.0373, -0.4096
Cartagena, Spain
Roman Theatre of Cartagena
An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.
37.5989, -0.9853
Virginia City, Nevada
Piper's Opera House
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
39.3111, -119.6504
Durham, New Hampshire
Smith Chapel
This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.
43.1281, -70.9245
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stećci
Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
43.8551, 18.4026
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