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Englishtown, Nova Scotia
Giant MacAskill’s Grave
46.2875, -60.5399
Jakes Landing, Nova Scotia
Kejimkujik Petroglyphs
44.3884, -65.2148
Vietnam
Tà Má Stream
14.1546, 108.7971
Southampton, England
Gods House Tower
50.8964, -1.4026
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Rapa Nui, Chile
Mataveri International Airport
The world's most remote airport.
-27.1589, -109.4301
La Paz, Bolivia
Museo de la Coca
Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.
-16.4977, -68.1383
Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechia
Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk
The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.
49.5802, 15.9421
Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Jounieh Cable Car
An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.
33.9877, 35.6389
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
Hegra Archaeological Site
More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.
26.8050, 37.9574
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
Blue Desert
Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.
28.4335, 34.0641
London, England
Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
51.5015, -0.1150
Rome, Italy
Via Appia
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
41.8675, 12.5028
Jerusalem Township, Ohio
Turtle Island
Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.
41.7522, -83.3908
Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
Potty Museum
1,300 chamber pots and their eccentric collector.
40.5972, -6.5228
Portsmouth, England
Lumps Fort aka Southsea Rose Garden
A picturesque garden with a surprising past.
50.7822, -1.0601
Tambon Wat That, Thailand
Sala Keoku
Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.
17.8867, 102.7822
Rome, Italy
The Catacombs of San Sebastian
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
41.8559, 12.5163
Murcia, Spain
Sanatorio de Sierra Espuña
Haunted tuberculosis hospital built by the patients.
37.8683, -1.5121
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Spaceship House
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
35.1063, -85.3484
New Haven, Connecticut
The Cushing Center
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
41.3032, -72.9335
Rouen, France
Musée Le Secq des Tournelles
A French museum of wrought iron.
49.4444, 1.0951
Bremen, Germany
House of the Glockenspiel
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
53.0750, 8.8057
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