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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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Hamburg, Germany
Wälderhaus
This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.
53.4957, 10.0033
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Crown Liquor Saloon
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
54.5946, -5.9343
Kato Kastania, Greece
Kastania Cave
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
36.5288, 23.1163
Indianapolis, Indiana
John Dillinger's Grave
The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.
39.8223, -86.1649
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
BOH Tea Garden and Factory
The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.
4.5120, 101.4794
Mill Valley, California
Dad O'Rourke's Bench
One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.
37.9044, -122.6037
Post Falls, Idaho
Treaty Rock
A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.
47.7140, -116.9517
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Love Letter Murals
One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.
39.9757, -75.2129
Brussels, Belgium
Comic Strip Route
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
50.8485, 4.3417
Hamburg, Germany
Rote Flora
This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.
53.5621, 9.9615
Prince Albert No. 461, Saskatchewan
La Colle Falls Dam
This partially completed dam was simply abandoned after nearly destroying the city it was built to service.
53.2575, -105.2070
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex
This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.
42.4334, 25.6531
Karlsruhe, Germany
Kindergarten Wolfartsweier
A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.
48.9757, 8.4533
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.
46.1034, -60.7465
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Titanic Mortuary Bag
A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.
44.6413, -63.5682
Hamburg, Germany
HerbertstraĂŸe
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
53.5481, 9.9627
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Maud Lewis' Painted House
This tiny abode has been covered in the art of the little old lady who made her life and living there.
44.6480, -63.5728
Halifax, Nova Scotia
McNabs Island
This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.
44.6000, -63.5167
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