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Virginia City, Nevada

Comstock Cemeteries

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum

The history and future of cannabis.
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Bushmills, Northern Ireland

Giant’s Causeway

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
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Bloomington, Minnesota

The Mall of America

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
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Monterosso al Mare, Italy

Il Gigante

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
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Tucson, Arizona

309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
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Merton, England

Barometer World & Museum

Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.
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Nekoma, North Dakota

The Pyramid of North Dakota

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Added by Kaluz
Cambridge, England

Queens' College Moondial

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
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Vienna, Austria

Republic of Kugelmugel

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.
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Aralsk, Kazakhstan

Aral Sea

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
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Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France

Collégiale de Saint-Bonnet-Le-Château

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.
Added by JC
Bath, England

Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
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Rochester, New York

International Center for the History of Electronic Games

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.
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London, England

Longplayer

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.
Added by LongNow
García, Mexico

Grutas de García

Inside this mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves.
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Kristiansand, Norway

Kristiansand Kanonmuseum

The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.
Added by vicphillipson
Mountain View, California

Computer History Museum

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black