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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.
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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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Aarhus, Denmark

Gongen (The Gong)

A massive bell inside a Danish library rings to announce the birth of a baby in the city.
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Shiogama, Japan

Shiogama Seafood Wholesale Market

One of the last great old-school fish markets in Japan's Tohoku Region.
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Enfield, England

Enfield Poltergeist House

A council house in England where ghostly activity was reported in the 1970s.
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Madrid, Spain

Fuente de San Isidro (St. Isidore's Fountain)

Legend has it that the water from this fountain has miraculous healing properties.
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Aarhus, Denmark

‘Dutch’n’Dutch’

This sculpture in Denmark presents Arnold Schwarzenegger embracing his own doppelgänger.
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Kemmerer, Wyoming

Fossil Lake Safari Quarry

You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.
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Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement, France

Der Lake Museum Village

A museum preserving the remnants of three villages submerged by Der Lake.
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Brooklyn, New York

Gas Street Lamps of Brooklyn Heights

The secret behind these nostalgic light fixtures: They're not as old as they may seem.
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Fratta Polesine, Italy

Giacomo Matteotti House Museum

This house tells the story of Mussolini's most outspoken critic and of Italy's turbulent 1920s.
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Boston, Massachusetts

Cop Slide

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.
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Bellingham, Washington

Statue of JJ Donovan

Take a selfie with one of the area’s founding fathers.
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Kruhlyi, Ukraine

Geographical Center of Europe Marker

Geographers once declared this spot in Ukraine to be the center of Europe, although that status is disputed.
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Catonsville, Maryland

Benjamin Banneker Museum

This museum honors an African-American renaissance man of the early 18th century.
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Denia, Spain

Túnel del Castell

An underground passage originally constructed as an air-raid shelter during the Spanish Civil War.
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Rochester Hills, Michigan

Yates Cider Mill

A historic cider mill still using time-tested techniques.
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