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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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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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Portland, Oregon
Reed College Research Reactor
World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.
45.4800, -122.6300
Bishop, California
Erick Schat's BakkerĂ¿
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
37.3679, -118.3957
Anaheim, California
Brookhurst Community Park
A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.
33.8415, -117.9619
Kungsbacka, Sweden
Li Grave Stones
Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.
57.4430, 12.1828
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Sphinx Observatory
A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."
46.5475, 7.9850
Crawfordville, Florida
Harvey's Ford Truck Collection
Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.
30.1286, -84.3878
Powell River, British Columbia
S.S. Peralta
One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.
49.8353, -124.5248
Los Angeles, California
The Happy Foot/Sad Foot Sign
A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.
34.0809, -118.2707
Shijiazhuang, China
Jade Burial Suits
Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.
38.0409, 114.5232
Norden, California
"Snowshoe" Thompson Memorial Statue
A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.
39.3163, -120.3338
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
52.5166, 13.3941
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
The Grotesques of the Chapel of Bethlehem
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
47.1954, -1.7313
Santa Clarita, California
St. Francis Dam
The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.
34.5469, -118.5125
Falmouth, Jamaica
Glistening Waters
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
18.4829, -77.6334
San Jose, California
Santana Row Chess Plaza
A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.
37.3211, -121.9473
Centerport, New York
William Vanderbilt's Abandoned Salt Water Pool
A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.
40.9051, -73.3674
Kuching, Malaysia
Sarawak Museum
The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.
1.5548, 110.3433
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Kingdom of Talossa
A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.
43.0500, -87.9500
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