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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
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Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Clayhole, Kentucky
Troublesome Creek
Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.
37.4582, -83.2391
Brentwood, New York
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.
40.7965, -73.2815
Green Island, Australia
Marineland Melanesia
Home of the world's largest crocodile.
-16.7602, 145.9672
General Levalle, Argentina
Pedro MartĂn Ureta's Forest Guitar
Guitar made of trees, dedicated to a man's lost love.
-33.8677, -63.9865
Burnsville, North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
35.7650, -82.2651
Datong, China
Hanging Temple of Hengshan
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
39.6595, 113.7093
Fujinomiya, Japan
Tenshou-Kyousha Shrine Mermaid Mummy
Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.
35.2791, 138.7101
Spring Green, Wisconsin
House on the Rock
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
43.0970, -90.1349
Montevideo, Uruguay
Palacio Salvo
The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."
-34.9068, -56.1984
Bude, England
Bude Castle
A quirky "castle" formerly belonging to a famous British inventor.
50.8280, -4.5474
San Fruttuoso, Italy
Cristo degli Abissi (Christ of the Abyss)
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
44.3160, 9.1750
Greensburg, Kansas
The Big Well
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
37.6034, -99.2945
Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Roshen Fountain
The spectacular Roshen Fountain show lights up the night sky all summer long, until it "hibernates" under the ice waiting for spring to come.
49.2327, 28.4856
Rome, Italy
Papal Hearts at Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
41.9007, 12.4837
Dmitrovsky District, Russia
Young Pioneer Camp
A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.
56.2395, 37.3994
Turks and Caicos Islands
La Famille Express Wreck
The rusted remains of a victim of Hurricane Ike.
21.7798, -72.1180
Halong City, Vietnam
Hang Sung Sot
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
20.8442, 107.0913
Chicago, Illinois
The Plant
Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.
41.8159, -87.6613
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