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Pune, India

Vikram Pendse Cycle Museum

In a Pune bungalow, a quirky museum showcases over 150 vintage bicycles.
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Hong Kong

Wu Chi Kai’s Neon Light Workshop

Only seven masters are keeping the tradition of Hong Kong’s vanishing neon signs alive.
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Créteil, France

Choux de Créteil

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.
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Kells, Ireland

Spire of Lloyd

“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.
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Hong Kong

The Cell

Order a whiskey neat in the former jail of Kowloon’s British-era Marine Police Headquarters.
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Jaraba, Spain

Santuario de la Virgen de Jaraba

A medieval shrine set into a towering canyon wall.
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Geneva, Switzerland

Pointe de la Jonction

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.
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Chicago, Illinois

Superdawg Drive-In

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.
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Hendersonville, North Carolina

Appalachian Pinball Museum

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.
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Brooklyn, New York

The Cyclone

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.
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La Torre de Esteban Hambrán, Spain

Catafalque of La Torre de Esteban Hambrán

You can only see this Baroque masterpiece during the month of November.
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Hong Kong

Kowloon Soy Co. Ltd.

One of the last soy sauce-makers in Hong Kong has been in the artisanal condiment business since 1917.
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Gardena, California

Gardena Cinema

The last family-owned, single-screen moviehouse in La La Land.
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Bad Blankenburg, Germany

Friedrich Fröbel Museum

The world's first kindergarten.
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Hong Kong

Tai Tung Bakery

Order a crunchy sugar-topped treat from one of Hong Kong’s oldest pineapple bun bakers.
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Pleasant Plain, Ohio

Plain Folk Live Music Cafe

A local cafe and concert venue occupy a 1913 school house.
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Liberty, Missouri

Jesse James Bank Museum

The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
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Peru

Volcán Pabellones

Standing 26 feet high and 13 feet in diameter, is this the world’s smallest volcano?
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