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Carthage, Arkansas

Tree Surgeon Buried in a Tree

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.
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Bowenfels, Australia

Big Miner's Lamp

Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.
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Fort Smith, Arkansas

Chaffee Barbershop Museum

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.
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Mogoșoaia, Romania

Mogoșoaia Palace

17th century palace once a meeting place for politicians.
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Alma, Arkansas

Popeye Statue

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.
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Schiedam, Netherlands

Noletmolen

Wind power station for making famous Ketel One vodka.
Tocumwal, Australia

Big Murray Cod

Fiberglass fish built in 1968 after months of fundraising.
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Guía, Spain

Cenobio de Valeron

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.
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Bucharest, Romania

Arcul de Triumf

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.
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Romanii de Jos, Romania

Horezu Monastery

Religious structure known for its sculpted details.
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Schweindorf, Germany

Westerholt E-66 Observation Wind Turbine

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.
Tenterfield, Australia

Big Orange

Just one of many oranges on this citrus-happy continent.
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Audubon, Iowa

Albert The Bull

The World's Largest Bull.
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Picher, Oklahoma

Picher

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
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Elbasan County, Albania

Bunkers of Albania

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
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Fairview, Utah

Thistle Ghost Town

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
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Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad Battery in the National Museum of Iraq

A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.
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Egypt

White Desert

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
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