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Rifle, Colorado

Rifle Falls

You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.
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Panaji, India

Cannon of Banastarim

This 16th-century cannon is thought to be the oldest piece of forge-welded wrought iron in India.
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Victoria, Malta

Clocks of St. George’s Basilica

These clocks tell time in a theological sense.
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London, England

Frank Gilbert Crichlow Plaque

Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.
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Xagħra, Malta

Sansuna’s Rock

Local legend associates this large limestone chunk with a giantess, but archeologists say it may be the remains of a neolithic burial chamber.
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Petaluma, California

‘A Fine Balance’

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.
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Valletta, Malta

Pjazza Teatru Rjal

Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.
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Lancashire, England

Pennine Tower

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.
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Kagoshima, Japan

Deai-sugi Cedar Tree

This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.
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London, England

Exhale: Bionic Chandelier

A living lighting fixture.
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Cambridge, England

Castle Mound

This hill is all that remains of Cambridge’s former castle.
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Sapphire Central, Australia

The Piano Tuner’s Grave

A grave commemorates piano tuner F. W. Schlieffen, who drowned in floodwaters in 1906.
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Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France

Maison Troglodyte

A cozy, cave-like home hidden in the French countryside.
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Taunton, Massachusetts

Taunton State Hospital

This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.
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Cork, Ireland

Temple Hill Cemetery in Ballintemple

Both Catholic and Protestant graves dot this 17th-century burial ground.
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Liverpool, England

Mersey Tunnel Pharaoh

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.
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Tokyo, Japan

Deathmatch in Hell

Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.
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Montreal, Québec

Irish Commemorative Stone

This boulder commemorates thousands of Irish immigrants that were victims of "ship fever."
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