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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
ChĂ£o Bom, Cabo Verde
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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George Town, Cayman Islands
Ugland House
There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.
19.2921, -81.3855
Anamosa, Iowa
Stone City
Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.
42.1128, -91.3495
Jelling, Denmark
Jelling Viking Monuments
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
55.7567, 9.4197
Killea, Ireland
Secret Celtic Tree Cross
A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.
55.0012, -7.4470
Iceland
Dettifoss
The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.
65.8153, -16.3854
Spillville, Iowa
Bily Clocks Museum
Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.
43.2019, -91.9510
Giverny, France
Claude Monet House and Gardens
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
49.0752, 1.5346
Chitina, Alaska
Kennicott Ghost Town
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
61.4861, -142.8886
Bratislava, Slovakia
UFO of Bratislava
This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.
48.1400, 17.1989
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
49.3592, -0.8532
Seneca Falls, New York
Wesleyan Chapel
What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.
42.9110, -76.7999
Brno, Czechia
Brno Astronomical Clock
A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.
49.1948, 16.6086
Noboribetsu-shi, Japan
Jigokudani (Hell Valley)
A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.
42.4976, 141.1487
Neringos savivaldybÄ—, Lithuania
The Dead Dunes
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.
55.4400, 21.0868
Miami, Florida
ValuJet Flight 592 Memorial
In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.
25.7618, -80.6720
Binghamton, New York
Rod Serling Gazebo
A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown
42.0993, -75.9337
Älvkarleby S, Sweden
Dragon Gate
Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.
60.4629, 17.4156
Ortona, Italy
Relics of the Apostle St. Thomas
The relics of one of Jesus' 12 apostles are enshrined in this Italian Basilica.
42.3573, 14.4046
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