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Miniature Landscapes
51.8237, 5.9354
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The Street Shrines of Victoria
36.0453, 14.2375
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Muurhuizen (Wall Houses)
52.1545, 5.3915
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The Red Tower of Death
50.3301, 12.9532
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Espoo, Finland
Lake Bodom
Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.
60.2417, 24.6750
London, England
Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
51.5138, -0.1004
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Bath House
A European-style bath house in Chicago.
41.9032, -87.6754
San Francisco, California
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
California's most comprehensive horticultural library.
37.7666, -122.4672
Dublin, Ireland
Natural History Building, National Museum of Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
53.3399, -6.2524
Casper, Wyoming
Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming
Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.
43.0322, -106.9878
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Stone Arch Bridge
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
44.9845, -93.2555
Chicago, Illinois
Dusty Groove
Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."
41.9022, -87.6677
Chicago, Illinois
North Avenue Baths Facade
Former bath house turns gastropub.
41.9104, -87.6790
Chicago, Illinois
Myopic Books
A Bibliophile's Dream.
41.9099, -87.6769
Chicago, Illinois
Former Location of The Hothouse
A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.
41.9099, -87.6768
Chicago, Illinois
Ida Crown Natatorium
An eccentric park and pool.
41.8962, -87.6604
San Francisco, California
The "Center" of San Francisco Monument
Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.
37.7633, -122.4455
Los Angeles, California
Peano's Faces of Venice Beach
The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.
33.9860, -118.4635
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Beltrami Park / Maple Hill Cemetery
From burial ground bocce ball court.
44.9978, -93.2435
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Svedberg Studios
A Studio on the Fringes of the Northeast Art District.
45.0293, -93.2457
Boston, Massachusetts
Memorial for Boston Light Keepers
Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
42.3673, -71.0560
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ard Godfrey House
The oldest remaining frame residence in Minneapolis.
44.9868, -93.2555
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