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Guadalajara, Mexico
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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Brooklyn, New York
Pioneer Works
An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.
40.6794, -74.0117
Hammond Island, Australia
'Savior of a Friend'
On Keriri/Hammond Island, a marker shares the story of an imprisoned woman and the island she saved and that eventually saved her—in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.
-10.5620, 142.2195
Blinman, Australia
'Hongsedaunt'
Past Blinman, past the end of the asphalt, in the majesty of the Flinders Ranges, you will come upon three stone markers by the road.
-31.0466, 138.6166
Blinman, Australia
'Harsh Pasture'
In the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, this marker marks the severe haven of War Kangaroos that once roamed here in the fictional parallel world of Kcymaerxthaere.
-31.0356, 138.6047
Shintotsukawa, Japan
'The Next Step'
A museum in Hokkaido is housed in a former high school. On its grounds a marker shares the awakening of a man who longs to be reunited with his soulmate in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.
43.5966, 141.7306
Punta Arenas, Chile
'Sin Palabras' ('Speechless')
An hour south of Punta Arenas (Chile) along the Strait of Magellan, a Kcymaerxthaere plaque tells the story of Culev Larsze, cursed to live without words in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.
-53.5953, -70.9380
Melbourne, Australia
Phar Lap
Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.
-37.8034, 144.9721
Kaunas, Lithuania
Kaunas Museum for the Blind
Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.
54.8967, 23.9208
Litchfield, California
Secret - Abandoned Brothel
Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
40.5838, -120.2502
St. Marys, Georgia
St. Marys Submarine Museum
Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.
30.7208, -81.5498
Marshall Islands
Cactus Dome
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
11.5525, 162.3472
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
Little Bohemia Lodge
A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.
46.1156, -89.8378
Milwaukie, Oregon
Legendary Safari Club
Hunting trophies decorate Oregon's most unique bar-restaurant.
45.4169, -122.6416
West Bend, Iowa
Father Paul Dobberstein's Grotto of the Redemption
A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
42.9642, -94.4451
Washington, D.C.
Sergeant Stubby
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
38.8913, -77.0296
Lawton, Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.
34.6578, -98.4199
Tokyo, Japan
Nakagin Capsule Tower
The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.
35.6656, 139.7634
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Kerguelen Islands
French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.
-49.3287, 69.3504
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