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New York, New York

Shinran Statue

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
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New York, New York

Wall Street Bombing Scars

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Harrogate, England

Old Swan Hotel

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.
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Curitiba, Brazil

Museu Oscar Niemeyer

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.
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Prague, Czechia

Prague Metronome

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
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White Cliffs, Australia

White Cliffs

Australia's first opal field led to a mining rush in the 1890s.
Alameda, California

St. George Spirits

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.
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Coffs Harbour, Australia

Big Banana

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
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Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
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New Canaan, Connecticut

Glass House

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
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Wurmberg, Germany

Armschwinger

This unusual small wind turbine in Germany has only a single rotor blade.
Cobar, Australia

Big Beer Can

Can of beer on top of a Cobar hotel with a world record.
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Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany

Powerline Eberdingen-Riet

20kV overhead line with a garland-like cable.
Birobidzhan, Russia

Birobidzhan

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.
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Brussels, Belgium

Royal Greenhouses of Laeken

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
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Tenerife, Spain

Mount Teide

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.
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Broken Hill, Australia

Big Bench

Located on top of mines that run through Broken Hill.
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Florence, Italy

Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
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