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Bordeaux, France

Square Vinet Green Wall

A picturesque vertical garden provides respite from the bustling streets of Bordeaux.
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Ragama, Sri Lanka

Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka

Surrounded by thick vegetation, this basilica integrates Sinhalese and Western architecture.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia

Meade Pyramid

A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.
Added by blimpcaptain
Manila, Philippines

Camarin na Tisa

A rare surviving stone building from the Spanish colonial era.
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Yankton, South Dakota

Dakota Territorial Capitol Replica

A humble reconstruction of the rather lively former capitol building.
Added by cdanesh
Asheville, North Carolina

End of Car Line

Marker for a long-gone electric trolley line that spurred the economic development of West Asheville.
Added by blimpcaptain
Tarsus, Turkey

St Paul’s Well

A well said to have belonged to Paul the Apostle and part of UNESCO Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.
Added by dbarisakkurt
Cham, Germany

Rundfunkmuseum Cham

A museum of broadcasting with an array of vintage equipment and its own active transmitter.
Added by ThomasSchneider62
Copenhagen, Denmark

Wetting Trap Chair

Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.
Added by markcoen
Riga, Latvia

Great Cemetery

A former graveyard for Riga’s elite is now a large park with elegant monuments.
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Guanajuato, Mexico

Museo Leyendas de Guanajuato

Miniatures built in the 1980s tell the city’s favorite legends and ghost stories.
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Miskin, Wales

The Witch's Tower of Wales

In spite of its medieval appearance and name, this building actually dates back to the Industrial Revolution.
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Ankara, Turkey

Güvenlik Anıtı (Security Monument)

A monument completed by a Third Reich sculptor in 1935 in Ankara's central park encourages Turks to "be proud, work hard, and have trust."
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Petoskey, Michigan

City Park Grill

As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.
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Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Area 51 Alien Center

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
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Fountain Hills, Arizona

Fountain Hills Fountain

An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.
Added by cdanesh
Gebo, Wyoming

Gebo Ghost Town

Remnants of a town from a bygone era.
Added by amlraly
Ferndale, Washington

Metallica Bridge

Defaced since the early 80s, this bridge has become local icon to the metalheads and residents of the city.
Joe from Bellingham Added by Joe from Bellingham