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Ireland

Dursey Island Cable Car

Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.
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Durango, Mexico

San Vicente de Chupaderos

A small town that began as a western movie set.
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Taipei, Taiwan

Yuanshan Water Shrine

A Japanese-era Shinto shrine next to Taipei's most famous night market.
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Chiang Mai, Thailand

Wat Sri Suphan

This sensational silver temple is the product of centuries of metalworking.
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Campeche, Mexico

Well of Conquest

A well was built by the Spanish before their conquest of Mexico.
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Royston, Georgia

Ty Cobb Museum

A museum dedicated to the Georgia Peach, one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
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Denver, Colorado

Grave of Helen Peters Nosworthy

Here lies the woman who named the Ouija Board.
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New Taipei City, Taiwan

The Tiger Inscription

A 19th-century stone carving welcomes hikers on a historical trail between mountain and sea.
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Kingsville, Maryland

Jericho Covered Bridge

Scary stories haunt this wooden bridge.
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Rome, Italy

Piatto Romano

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.
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Córdoba, Spain

Córdoba Synagogue

This medieval synagogue survived the Inquisition as a hospital and church.
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Dearborn, Michigan

The Hallmark Collection at the Henry Ford Museum

A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.
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Rome, Italy

Supplizio

Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.
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Gallup, New Mexico

Historic El Rancho Hotel

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.
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Zawya Sultan Basha, Egypt

Hassan Al-Sharq Museum

Former home of a village butcher who became a globally renowned artist.
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London, England

The National Covid Memorial Wall

This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.
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Rome, Italy

Gelateria dei Gracchi

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.
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Rome, Italy

Er Buchetto

For more than a century, this hole-in-the-wall near Termini Station has been serving what some say is the greatest porchetta sandwich.
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