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Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Québec

Thetford Asbestos Mine

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.

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Brookfield, Vermont

Floating Bridge of Brookfield, VT

One car at a time please.

Green Bank, West Virginia

Green Bank Telescope

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Pylons of Messina

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

Benson, Arizona

The Thing

What is the Thing?

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Cuxhaven, Germany

Site of operation Backfire

WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.

Swan Hill, Australia

Pioneer Settlement

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.

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Melbourne, Australia

The Haunted Bookshop

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

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Gedi Ruins

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

Washington, D.C.

Palace of Wonders

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

Newcomb, New York

Tahawus

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Big Sur, California

The Henry Miller Memorial Library

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

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Basilica di San Clemente

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

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Ängelholm V, Sweden

Ängelholm UFO Memorial

A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.

Brück, Germany

Brück Aerial Testing Facility

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.

Fiji Museum

Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Radio Tower

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

San Francisco, California

Cayuga Park

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.