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Tây Sơn, Vietnam
Quang Trung Museum
13.9206, 108.9208
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Laredo’s Palace
40.4879, -3.3639
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Hazelnut Inn
49.0817, -122.0510
Aurora, Colorado
Melvin-Lewis Pioneer Cemetery
39.6157, -104.8162
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Skopje, North Macedonia
Post Office and Telecommunications Center
A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.
41.9992, 21.4276
Littlefield, Arizona
Grand Gulch Mine
A remote mine in sedimentary rock was called the richest copper ore deposit in Arizona Territory
36.3309, -113.7883
Peach Springs, Arizona
Diamond Creek
The only place in the Grand Canyon where an automobile can be driven to the Colorado River
35.7661, -113.3720
West Wendover, Nevada
Window Rock
A large wave-cut arch in limestone, carved by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, is perched atop a ridge.
40.9160, -114.1244
Mesquite, Nevada
AZ-NV-UT Tri-State Monument
The junction point of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, resurveyed and remonumented in 2016
37.0004, -114.0501
Christmas Valley, Oregon
Backscatter Radar Site
The forlorn remains of a late Cold War radar installation are decaying in the Oregon desert
43.2791, -120.3995
Humansdorp, South Africa
Humansdorp Museum
A small museum dedicated to the history of the town
-34.0283, 24.7822
Robertsbridge, England
Mad Jack Fuller's Mausoleum and Follies
Nestled in the Sussex countryside are a handful of obscure, seemingly purposeless buildings constructed on the whim of a flamboyant slave owner and local politician
50.9587, 0.3917
Clifford, England
Clifford Castle
A Norman castle near Wales that has been in ruins for the last 600 years
52.1043, -3.1058
Bedford, England
Reflections of Bedford
These controversial statues are adorned with patterns of bricks and lace, linking them to Bedford's historical ties to both industries
52.1372, -0.4668
Madrid, Spain
Feria de Madrid Mural
This mural, which made perfect sense before the metro stop changed its name, now feels out of place under the station's new name
40.4640, -3.6163
Madrid, Spain
León Gil de Palacio model of Madrid
One of the most important pieces in the Madrid History Museum and one of the oldest historical models of a city in Europe
40.4257, -3.7007
El Álamo, Spain
Roman Mosaics of Carranque
Some of the best preserved Roman mosaics in Spain can be found together in this archaeological park near Carranque, Toledo
40.1917, -3.9582
Osaka, Japan
Kongo Gumi
The oldest operating company in the entire world, founded in 578 AD
34.6547, 135.5140
Fort Worth, Texas
The Torment of Saint Anthony
Michelangelo's first known painting went unnoticed for over 500 years
32.7486, -97.3649
Arlington, Massachusetts
Samuel Wilson Monument
Statue dedicated to a local meat packer who purportedly served as inspiration for the national symbol of Uncle Sam
42.4159, -71.1530
Alcorcón, Spain
Puppet Center
Alcorcón puppet center and school are a must if puppetry is what you care about
40.3460, -3.8348
Berlin, Germany
Lenné-Dreieck
A small wedge of East Berlin was once on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall
52.5109, 13.3758
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