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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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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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London, England
London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
51.5130, -0.0856
Rome, Italy
The Sweating Cenotaph at the Archbasilica San Giovanni in Laterano
Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.
41.8858, 12.5068
Sheffield, England
Alfred Denny Museum
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
53.3811, -1.4913
Malaga, Spain
Cortijo Jurado
This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.
36.7128, -4.5298
Athens, Wisconsin
45 X 90 Geographical Marker
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
44.9992, -90.0040
Buxton, England
Blue Lagoon of Buxton
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
53.2336, -1.9043
Paris, France
Le Droit Humain Masonic Lodge
The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.
48.8381, 2.3583
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Military Aviation Museum
A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.
36.6792, -76.0281
Springfield, Missouri
Fantastic Caverns
The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.
37.2878, -93.3591
South El Monte, California
American Military Museum
A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.
34.0512, -118.0642
Rosemead, California
Rufus the Fish
This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.
34.0873, -118.0737
Ashburn, Georgia
Giant Peanut Monument
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
31.7064, -83.6354
Rome, Italy
Keats-Shelley Memorial House
Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.
41.9051, 12.4868
London, England
The London Stone
This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.
51.5116, -0.0895
Chicago, Illinois
‘Eternal Silence’
A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.
41.9588, -87.6615
London, England
Abney Park Cemetery
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
51.5648, -0.0781
London, England
Brompton Cemetery
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
51.4828, -0.1871
Friday Harbor, Washington
Afterglow Vista
This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.
48.6162, -123.1519
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