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Foligno, Italy

Calamita Cosmica

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.
Sac City, Iowa

World's Largest Popcorn Ball

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.
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Zurich, Switzerland

Moulagenmuseum

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
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Riverside, California

Tio's Tacos

Mexican food and folk art.
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Pisa, Italy

Museum of Human Anatomy

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts

MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
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Baltimore, Maryland

Site of Edgar Allan Poe's Death

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
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Pilsen, Czechia

Entropa

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.
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Bolgatanga, Ghana

Tengzug Shrine

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.
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Prague, Czechia

Žižkov Tower

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.
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Atlanta, Georgia

Mount Olive Cemetery

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.
Gubbio, Italy

Fontana Dei Matti

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.
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Shush, Iran

Tomb of Daniel

Burial site of a Jewish prophet revered in Iran.
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Berkeley, California

Tail of the Yak

Handmade treasures from around the world.
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Mito, Japan

Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24

The only electricity pylon built over two lanes of traffic.
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Schnals, Italy

Campanile di Curon

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
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New Haven, Connecticut

Crypt at Center Church-on-the-Green

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
Added by Raychael
Boston, Massachusetts

Ether Monument

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Added by Raychael