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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
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Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
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Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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San Antonio, Texas
Chris Park
A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.
29.4130, -98.5008
Howes Cave, New York
Secret Caverns
Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.
42.7096, -74.3920
Thiells, New York
Letchworth Village
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
41.2124, -74.0235
Kidderminster, England
Harvington Hall
Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.
52.3739, -2.1870
Newberry Springs, California
Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
34.9482, -116.6875
Chongqing, China
Dazu Rock Carvings
Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.
29.7035, 105.7124
New York, New York
Bellevue Hospital
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
40.7394, -73.9756
Reykjavik, Iceland
Hallgrimskirkja
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
64.1417, -21.9266
Hong Kong
The Whampoa
Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.
22.3065, 114.1849
New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
40.7577, -73.9715
Akron, Ohio
Goodyear Airdock
This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.
41.0319, -81.4708
Russia
Por-Bajin
The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.
50.6150, 97.3852
Los Angeles, California
Screen Novelties
This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
34.0683, -118.2628
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Daksa Island
This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.
42.6683, 18.0569
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Marble Caves of Chile Chico
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
-46.6586, -72.6280
Malmö, Sweden
Øresund Bridge
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
55.5706, 12.8486
Costa Rica
Diquís Spheres
These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.
8.9108, -83.4788
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
40.7125, -74.0083
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