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Park Ridge, Illinois

American Science & Surplus

A science teacher's dream.
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Anaconda, Montana

Anaconda Smelter Stack

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!
Added by Meredith Hamm
Ogden, Utah

Eccles Dinosaur Park

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.
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Portland, Oregon

Rimsky-Korsakoffee House

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
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Peoria, Illinois

Peoria Scale Model of the Solar System

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.
Josh Added by Josh
Portland, Oregon

Mill Ends Park

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
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Besançon, France

Astronomical Clock of Besançon

One of the world's most complex timepieces.
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Whitehorse, Yukon

The World's Largest Weathervane, a DC-3

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.
Added by yukoncornelius
Murmansk, Russia

Kola Superdeep Borehole

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.
Trevor Added by Trevor
Lee Vining, California

Mono Lake

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
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Moscow, Russia

Moscow State University

Gargantuan home of Russian science.
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Moscow, Russia

Red Gates Skyscraper

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.
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Leshan, China

Giant Buddha

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.
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Leadville, Colorado

Leadville's Abandoned Silver Mine

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Lund, Sweden

Nasoteket (The Nose Academy)

Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.
Josh Added by Josh
Micronesia

Rai Stones

Giant money stones of Yap.
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Oman

Jazirat al Maqlab (Telegraph Island)

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.
Tre Added by Tre
Royston, England

Royston Cave

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.