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Passau, Germany

Dreiflüsseck

A park where the Inn and Ilz rivers join the Danube as it slinks off into Austria.
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Cushing, Maine

Langlais Art Preserve

The life’s work of a sculptor preserved in the Maine woods.
Added by haileysky
Garvagh, Northern Ireland

The Garvagh Pyramid

A 21-foot-tall pyramid in a Northern Irish woodland marks the grave of... nobody.
Added by loonytoon1982
Keelung City, Taiwan

Sino-French War Memorial Park

Keelung’s century-old French military cemetery.
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Montreal, Québec

Berlin Wall Segment

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.
Added by happilylost
Portland, Oregon

Burnside Skatepark

Legendary DIY skatepark where Portland’s best skaters and curious onlookers gather daily.
Added by andyolinski
Homer, Alaska

The Observance of Hermits Bookstore

A phone booth crammed with books marks the path to a house-turned-bookstore in Alaska.
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Marseille, France

Sherman Tank of Marseille’s Liberation (Jeanne d’Arc)

A surprising relic of WWII, sitting boldly in a Marseille street.
Added by nickontheedge
Šilutė, Lithuania

Šilutės Sekretai

Small glass tiles offering windows into the city's layered past.
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Singapore

Young Samsui Woman Mural

A mural honoring the women who built Singapore turned a quiet alley into a citywide debate.
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Avoca, Iowa

Volkswagen Beetle Spider

Among the cornfields stands a giant spider crafted from an old Volkswagen.
Added by jordan23bookout
Cairo, Egypt

House of Mohamed El Sayed

Art Nouveau beauty hidden deep in Cairo’s Al-Helmiya neighborhood.
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Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Galloway Kite Trail

A tour to spot Scotland's once-vanished birds of prey.
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Baconsthorpe, England

Baconsthorpe Castle

A striking ruined manor house in Norfolk, known for its picturesque setting and fascinating history.
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Toshima City, Japan

Tokiwa-sō Manga Museum

A replica of the boarding house where many pioneering mangaka lived in the 1950s and ’60s.
Added by cdanesh
Hong Kong

Fireboat Alexander Grantham

This decommissioned fireboat is now an exhibition on Hong Kong’s firefighting and sea rescue history.
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Lacombe, Alberta

World’s Largest Fishing Lure

The biggest bit of tackle you’ll ever see is in this Alberta town.
Added by asadler
Dresden, Ontario

Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History

The settlement of a leading abolitionist who inspired one of America's most influential novels.
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