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Darwen, England

Edwardian Tram Waiting Rooms

An example of early 20th century gender segregation
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Seville, Spain

The Scout

The friendship between Kansas City and Seville materialized in this sculpture
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Limbuè, Mozambique

Mount Mabu

The largest rainforest in southern Africa was only discovered by conservationists thanks to Google Earth
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Oceanside, California

Top Gun House

This house made famous by the 1980s movie is now a restaurant filled with Top Gun memorabilia
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Granada, Spain

Chorrojumo Statue

A statue of Granada's self-proclaimed "King of the Gypsies"
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Bristol, England

Stairs to Nowhere

These stairs, seemingly disappearing into a wall, once tempted some students into petty crime
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Guadalajara, Mexico

Santa Inocencia

Holy relic of a girl in communion attire inside the cathedral of Guadalajara
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Laguardia, Spain

Laguardia Town Hall Clock

This carillon clock features three figures that mark the start of the city’s most important celebration, the San Juan Festival
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Odessa, Texas

Odessa Meteor Crater

One of only two exposed meteor impact craters in the United States
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Colombo, Sri Lanka

Old Colombo Dutch Hospital

This popular shopping mall and eatery once provided scant comfort to sick colonials and seafarers
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Manchester, England

Manchester Victoria Station Map Mural & War Memorials

Amazing tiled map mural showing the lines of the famous Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, incorporated into the war memorial after WW1
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Latimer, England

Latimer House

This English country house was once a P.O.W. "resort" and base for spymasters during the Second World War
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Ann Arbor, Michigan

Leaning Tower of Pizza

A model of what was supposed to be Domino's Pizza's colossal, Wrightian headquarters
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Kesh, Ireland

Caves of Kesh

Limestone caves in the side of a hill associated with legends and the supernatural
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Belén de Escobar, Argentina

El Ojo

A mysterious, almost perfectly circular floating island gyrating inside a likewise circular lake
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Barcelona, Spain

L'ou com balla

An egg dancing on water as a sign of renewal
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Gainesville, Florida

Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park

The last place in Florida where wild bison roam
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Bristol, England

Great Gatehouse

This 12th-century gatehouse has survived England’s many religious upheavals
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