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Guadalajara, Mexico
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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Havre-Aubert, Québec
Île d'Entrée (Entry Island)
A tiny, picturesque island, where cows and wild horses wander around the houses.
47.2361, -61.8472
Christmas Island, Australia
Crabs of Christmas Island
The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.
-10.4475, 105.6904
Nashua, New Hampshire
Country Tavern Restaurant
Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.
42.7898, -71.5171
Watertown, Massachusetts
Art of Jack Kevorkian
The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."
42.3664, -71.1857
Rajsamand, India
The Great Wall of India
The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.
25.1473, 73.5834
Cape Otway, Australia
Frederick Valentich Memorial Plaque
A plaque at the lighthouse where Frederick Valentich made his last radio contact before he vanished without a trace.
-38.8527, 143.5238
Eyam, England
Eyam Plague Village Museum
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
53.2846, -1.6747
Manchester, Maine
Devil’s Footprint
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
44.3635, -69.8693
Leicester, Massachusetts
Spider Gates Cemetery
The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.
42.2644, -71.9001
New Haven, Connecticut
Grave of Midnight Mary
Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.
41.2994, -72.9498
Vancouver, British Columbia
Mountain View Cemetery
Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.
49.2351, -123.0928
Lasbela District, Pakistan
Hingol National Park
Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.
25.6003, 65.6659
Old Ziro, India
The Apatani Tribal Village of Ziro
Hidden in the rain-forests of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India lies the village of Ziro, home to the Apatanis.
27.5920, 93.8262
Vienna, Austria
Schmetterlinghaus: The Imperial Butterfly Park
A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.
48.2053, 16.3666
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Libby Museum
The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.
43.6142, -71.2597
Porto-Vecchio, France
Cala Longa's Resort Ruins
A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.
41.5914, 9.2783
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
The Elephant Kraal of Ayutthaya
This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.
14.3522, 100.5767
Montpelier, Vermont
Green Mount Cemetery
Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.
44.2570, -72.5974
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