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Tây Sơn, Vietnam
Quang Trung Museum
13.9206, 108.9208
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Laredo’s Palace
40.4879, -3.3639
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Hazelnut Inn
49.0817, -122.0510
Aurora, Colorado
Melvin-Lewis Pioneer Cemetery
39.6157, -104.8162
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Madrid, Spain
Monumental Spanish Cities Mosaic
The biggest outdoor modern mosaic in Madrid
40.4051, -3.6937
Phoenix, Arizona
Wall Cycle to Ocotillo
Giant jars and pots littered alongside an Arizona freeway
33.5331, -112.0425
Sun City, Arizona
Del Webb Sun Cities Museum
One of America's largest retirement communities has its own history museum
33.6010, -112.2922
Edmonton, Alberta
Geoscience Garden
A giant map of western Canada laid out in rocks
53.5288, -113.5225
Honolulu, Hawaii
Daijingu Temple of Hawaii
One of the only places where you can pay respects to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as gods
21.3352, -157.8375
Bucharest, Romania
Piața Romană Metro Station
This train station's platforms were built extremely narrow to deceive a rather arrogant government official
44.4458, 26.0973
Edmonton, Alberta
Talus Dome
A $600,000 pile of stainless steel balls makes for some rather divisive public art.
53.5046, -113.5659
Luanda, Angola
Memorial Agostinho Neto
Angola's “founding father” is buried under a giant concrete obelisk
-8.8237, 13.2190
London, England
Vagina Museum
The world’s first permanent museum dedicated to female genitalia.
51.5304, -0.0569
Ogden, Utah
Miles Goodyear Cabin
This log cabin is all that remains from the first European settlement in Utah
41.2287, -111.9755
Sacramento, California
Gubernatorial Portrait of Jerry Brown
The official portrait of California's longest-serving governor has been likened to "spilled ketchup and soy sauce"
38.5766, -121.4932
Mosstown Court, Ireland
Corlea Trackway
The longest surviving wooden trackway complex in Europe dates back to Iron Age Ireland
53.6125, -7.8453
Paris, France
‘Phantom of the Opera’ Box
This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.
48.8720, 2.3315
Paraíso do Morumbi, Brazil
Grave of Ayrton Senna
Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna is buried under a flowing tree in the middle of São Paulo surrounded by the city he loves.
-23.6255, -46.7251
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
‘Tower of Figures’
Unique massive sculpture on a mound at a public park just outside of Paris.
48.8252, 2.2576
Paraíso, Brazil
Praça Ayrton Senna do Brasil
Ayrton Senna Plaza is a beautifully curated park tucked inside the Ibirapuera Modelódromo in São Paulo, serving as a memorial dedicated to the legendary three-time Formula 1 champion.
-23.5826, -46.6531
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Statue of Unity
A unique interactive bronze sculpture that captures a real-life viral rescue.
43.2360, 76.8698
Reno, Nevada
Blarney Stone of Reno
This lucky stone from Ireland is embedded on the corner of a Reno casino to grant luck
39.5279, -119.8143
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