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Seiffen, Germany

Seiffen Christmas Clock

This clock in a village famous for toys gives a countdown to Christmas.
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Riga, Latvia

Baltic Way Footprints (Riga)

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.
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Kong, Côte d'Ivoire

The Grand Mud Mosque of Kong

Perhaps the biggest draw to this mosque is its remote location and lack of tourists.
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Woodhouse, England

M&S Archive

A trove of history focused on Marks & Spencer, the British department store.
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Tokyo, Japan

Yushima Tenmangū

Students pray here in hopes of entering one of Japan’s most prestigious universities.
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Rambadagalla, Sri Lanka

Rambadagalla Monaragala Viharaya

This enormous statue of the Buddha is a response to the destruction of the Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan.
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Heptonstall, England

Grave of Sylvia Plath

The poet’s tombstone keeps getting vandalized by her fans.
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San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Museo Jtatik Samuel

This museum in Chiapas honors Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, a key figure of the Zapatista movement.
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Les Escaldes, Andorra

Vall del Madriu-Perafita-Claror

A hidden highland of peaks and pastures, largely unchanged since medieval times.
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Matale, Sri Lanka

Nalanda Gedige

An enigmatic temple with complicated history, at the center of Sri Lanka.
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Badrshein, Egypt

Pyramid of Userkaf

Modest but unique pyramid built for a pharaoh has been reduced to a “heap of stone.”
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Sighișoara, Romania

Casa Vlad Dracul

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.
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Iceland

Steðji / Staupasteinn

A goblet-shaped rock that, according to lore, is the home of an elven hermit.
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Pune, India

Jayantrao Tilak Rose Garden

Unassuming public garden with hundreds of rose varieties.
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Farmville, Virginia

Abandoned Dunnington Mansion

A dilapidated Victorian mansion sits in the middle of a Virginia golf course.
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Bender, Moldova

The White Lady’s Bullet-Scarred Wall

A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.
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Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sachem Iyannough Monument

A sculpture in Hyannis commemorates Chief Sachem Iyannough of the Mattachiest tribe.
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Robeline, Louisiana

Los Adaes

The first capital of Texas was actually in modern-day Louisiana.
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