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Ocean Falls, British Columbia

Ocean Falls

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.
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Alberobello, Italy

Alberobello

Southern Italy's spinning top village.
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Rouen, France

Aitre St. Maclou

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.
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Olvera, Spain

Olvera Castle - Castillo de Olvera

Moorish signal station on a stratgic rocky outcrop.
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Chhatarpur, India

Temples of Khajuraho

Temples adorned with intricate, erotic sculptures make up one of the "seven wonders" of India.
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Gimli, Manitoba

New Iceland

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.
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Mumbai, India

Antilia

World's most expensive home.
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Staten Island, New York

Tugboat Graveyard

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.
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Changzhi, China

Rainbow Bridge

Nova reconstruction of the bridge that baffled engineers for years.
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Woombye, Australia

The Big Pineapple

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.
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Loddington, England

Lampy the Garden Gnome

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.
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Zhengzhou, China

Yan Huang Plaza

350-foot-high emperor faces in China's Yellow River valley.
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Tataouine, Tunisia

Ksar Ouled Soltane

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'
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Hilversum, Netherlands

Tree Trunk Garden House

Dutch woodpile home in the forest.
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El Fonoll, Spain

El Fonoll

An independent naturist colony amidst 1000-year-old ruins.
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Dakar, Senegal

The Great Green Wall of Africa

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.
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Naval, Spain

Sanctuary of Torreciudad

Sanctuary on a ridge near an ancient shrine to a "Black Madonna" built by the founder of Opus Dei.
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Brooklyn, New York

Wyckoff Street Mosaic

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.
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