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Bucharest, Romania

Caru' cu Bere

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.
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Bečej, Serbia

Fantast Castle

A rich Serb hired foreign craftsmen to secretly build the castle of his dreams.
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Boston, Massachusetts

The Paul Revere House

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.
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Crescent City, California

Tsunami Walking Tour

An installation tells of the horrific 1964 tsunami that devastated Crescent City, California.
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Moyamba, Sierra Leone

Madam Yoko’s Grave

At the edge of a town market is the gravesite of a powerful female war chief.
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Athens, Greece

Garden of the Presidential Mansion

A former royal garden with lush surroundings in the heart of the city.
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Münster, Germany

Anabaptist Cages

Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.
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Annapolis, Maryland

The Maryland Inn

One of America's oldest continuously operating hotels offers a blend of rich history and historic architecture in the heart of Annapolis.
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London, England

William Roy Memorial

A tribute to an 18th-century British surveyor.
Added by aland1958
Tokyo, Japan

Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum

The home and studio of one of Japan's most avant-garde artists is now a museum showcasing his surreal works.
Added by cdanesh
Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador

Jardín Botánico La Laguna (Botanic Garden)

Iguanas roam in a lagoon inside a volcanic crater that erupted more than 2200 years ago.
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Utica, New York

Fountain Elms

This 1850s mansion reveals how rich Americans lived in the Victorian era.
Added by vanpeltbrady
Gubbio, Italy

La Botte dei Canonici

The largest known wine barrel of the medieval era is visible from the street in Gubbio.
Added by Scheiber Dad
Fayetteville, New York

Matilda Joslyn Gage Grave

The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.
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Tualatin, Oregon

Ice Age Floods display at Tualatin Public Library

A public library display of fossils from the ice age.
brianmilanek Added by brianmilanek
St. Augustine, Florida

Karpeles Manuscript Library Mini Museum

The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.
ElusivePenguin Added by ElusivePenguin
Darmstadt, Germany

Shakespeare’s Death Mask

A library in Germany displays a likeness that some believe is William Shakespeare.
Added by Parsons
Annapolis, Maryland

Oyster Wars Cannon

Remnant of a largely forgotten struggle over resource scarcity.
Added by zride1905