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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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Basel, Switzerland
'Eine gefahrliche Uberfahrt' ('A Dangerous Crossing')
Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.
47.5552, 7.6063
Box Elder County, Utah
'Eddgar and Benn'
This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.
41.4463, -113.4068
Wardington, England
'Lands of Exiles'
In pastoral England, a plaque marks where an imaginary community addressed the problem of combat mortality.
52.1144, -1.2829
London, England
'Great Dangaroo Flood'
On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
51.5137, -0.1300
Terre Haute, Indiana
'Crossroads of Kymaerica'
In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.
39.4660, -87.4075
Los Angeles, California
'Remnal of a Senging Chave'
Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.
34.0986, -118.3518
Buttonwillow, California
'Buttonwillow Bivouac'
In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.
35.4347, -119.3937
Holland, Michigan
'Nozoimi'
Outside Hope College in Holland, Michigan, a marker honors a University without people from the fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
42.7870, -86.0997
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Silverball Museum Arcade
A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.
40.2207, -73.9999
Beatty, Nevada
Angel's Ladies Brothel
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
36.9416, -116.7270
Atlanta, Georgia
'Adalanta Desert'
Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.
33.7861, -84.4122
New York, New York
'The Sale of Manhattan'
Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.
40.7253, -73.9842
Anniston, Alabama
Anniston Museum
A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.
33.6961, -85.8158
Brooklyn, New York
Dead Horse Bay
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
40.5780, -73.8886
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
40.7520, -73.9587
West Sacramento, California
I Street Bridge
I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.
38.5866, -121.5076
Australia
Lake Hillier
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
-34.0942, 123.2033
Rivière-Koksoak, Québec
Pingualuit Crater Lake
A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.
61.2765, -73.6637
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