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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
ChĂ£o Bom, Cabo Verde
Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
Agra, India
Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Yakutat, Alaska
Guyot Glacier Ice Caves
Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.
60.1758, -141.6522
Antarctica
Esperanza Base
The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.
-63.4000, -56.9833
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
99s Museum of Women Pilots
Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.
35.4062, -97.5994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mount Moriah Cemetery
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
39.9311, -75.2358
Kiribati
Nikumaroro Island
Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.
-4.6779, -174.5196
Howland Island
Earhart Light
The ruins of a lighthouse on the island Amelia Earhart never reached.
0.8057, -176.6190
Atchison, Kansas
Amelia Earhart Earthworks
The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.
39.5378, -95.1453
Washington, D.C.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
38.8879, -77.0200
Atchison, Kansas
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.
39.5636, -95.1142
Brooklyn, New York
Van Brunt Stillhouse
Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.
40.6738, -74.0101
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook
A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.
40.6798, -74.0122
King George Island, Antarctica
Villa Las Estrellas
One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.
-62.2004, -58.9653
The Hague, Netherlands
Museum de Gevangenpoort (The Prison Gate Museum)
A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.
52.0795, 4.3103
Aberdeen, Scotland
Brig o’ Balgownie
Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.
57.1774, -2.0968
Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Broken Relationships
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
45.8150, 15.9736
Brussels, Belgium
Le Cercueil (The Coffin)
The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.
50.8470, 4.3532
New York, New York
Church of the Intercession
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
40.8327, -73.9457
Gnosjö S, Sweden
High Chaparral Wild West Theme Park
The lost American era of gunfighters, bandits, Indians and steam trains is recreated in Sweden.
57.2631, 13.8283
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