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Hesperia, California

Summit Inn Restaurant

The last Americana on Route 66.
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Arcola, Illinois

Rockome Gardens - An Amish Themepark

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.
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Dalat, Vietnam

The Massive Darahoa Rooster

Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.
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Zunil, Guatemala

Las Fuentes Georginas

Volcanically heated hot springs.
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Indianapolis, Indiana

Market Street Catacombs

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
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Key West, Florida

Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
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Kayadere, Turkey

Nemrut Dagi

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.
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Nördlingen, Germany

Nordlingen

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.
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Frâncești, Romania

One Wood Monastery

A Romanian church built from one single oak.
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Zhangzhou, China

Fujian Tulou Cluster

Walled family complexes in Southern China.
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Marysville, Australia

Bruno’s Art and Sculpture Garden

A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.
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Lawton, Oklahoma

Wichita Mountains Buffalo Herd

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
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Turin, Italy

Medieval Village

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
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Min Kun, Myanmar

The Mingun Pagoda and Bell

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.
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Saturnia, Italy

Terme di Saturnia

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
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Masyaf, Syria

Musyaf Castle

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.
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Cafayate, Argentina

Strange House

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.
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Akaroa, New Zealand

The Giants House

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.
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