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The Living Museum
40.7373, -73.7325
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Barryscourt Castle
51.9046, -8.2590
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Gallery O on H Street
38.9004, -76.9865
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50.6093, 5.6040
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
Raccoon Mountain Caverns
More than five miles of underground passageways.
35.0212, -85.4079
Newport, Rhode Island
Belcourt Castle
A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.
41.4546, -71.3028
Waxahachie, Texas
Webb Gallery
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
32.3853, -96.8490
Afton, Oklahoma
Darryl Starbird's National Rod and Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum
Collection maintained by the legendary designer.
36.6312, -94.8874
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington's Biblical Miniature Golf
Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.
37.9975, -84.4564
London, England
Growing Underground
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
51.4628, -0.1348
Sydney, Australia
Gould's Book Arcade
One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.
-33.9029, 151.1796
Arco, Idaho
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
43.4167, -113.5167
Manistique, Michigan
Kitch-iti-kipi
This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
46.0042, -86.3820
Austin, Texas
Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
30.2802, -97.7152
White River Junction, Vermont
Main Street Museum
Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.
43.6500, -72.3190
Ferentino, Italy
Giorgi's Furnace
Production site for handmade clay bricks.
41.6992, 13.2432
Chicago, Illinois
Bohemian National Cemetery
Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.
41.9763, -87.7282
Paga, Ghana
Sacred Crocodile Ponds of Paga
The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.
10.9922, -1.1133
Lexington, Kentucky
Dixie Cup Water Tower
Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.
38.0800, -84.5267
Alexandria, Scotland
Loch Lomond
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
56.0453, -4.5356
New Harmony, Indiana
New Harmony Labyrinth
Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.
38.1224, -87.9359
Washington, D.C.
Eritrean Cultural Civic Center
Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.
38.9210, -76.9725
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