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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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Tasiilaq, Greenland
Kulusuk
Small Island off the coast of Greenland.
65.5753, -37.1833
Naftalan, Azerbaijan
Naftalan Clinic
In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.
40.5067, 46.8250
Fraser Island, Australia
SS Maheno
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
-25.2671, 153.2385
Viterbo, Italy
Dining Table at Villa Lante
This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.
42.4280, 12.1551
Cincinnati, Ohio
American Sign Museum
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
39.1435, -84.5399
Yokohama, Japan
Hara Model Railway Museum
The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.
35.4631, 139.6249
San Francisco, California
The Golden Fire Hydrant
The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.
37.7580, -122.4279
Heraklion, Greece
Phaistos Disc
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
35.3418, 25.1372
San Francisco, California
Portals of the Past
The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.
37.7708, -122.4825
San Francisco, California
Site of 1906 Earthquake Refugee Camps
Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.
37.7696, -122.4841
San Francisco, California
Lotta's Fountain
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
37.7879, -122.4033
Olema, California
1906 Earthquake Fence
'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.
38.0439, -122.7907
San Francisco, California
Pier 22½ & the SFFD Fire Boats
Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.
37.7903, -122.3887
Potter, Nebraska
Sioux Army Depot
Storage units with a wartime past.
41.1954, -103.1501
Tokyo, Japan
Zauo
The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.
35.6925, 139.6855
Da Nang, Vietnam
Fire-Breathing Dragon Bridge
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
16.0516, 108.2149
Newbury Park, California
Stagecoach Inn Museum
A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.
34.1784, -118.9121
Québec City, Québec
Wolfe's Cove Tunnel
Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.
46.8029, -71.2462
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