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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Koz’s Mini Bowl

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.
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Couvin, Belgium

Hitler's Bunker in Bruly-de-Pesche

This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.
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Potsdam, Germany

'Nach Vorn'

A bizarre representation of our ever forward moving society.
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Santiago, Chile

Londres 38

The site of detentions and torture under the Pinochet regime in Chile is now a memorial.
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Taunton, Massachusetts

Her Vacant Chair

This rocking chair headstone is allegedly haunted by the spirit of a young girl named Pearl.
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Bagillt, Wales

Bagillt Dragon Beacon

This towering, fire-breathing dragon guards a community’s buried treasure.
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Panama City, Florida

Panama City Publishing Company Museum

Discover old-fashioned printing through hands-on exhibitions and publishing artifacts.
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Beverly, Washington

Beverly Bridge

A large, historic railroad trestle over the Columbia River is now open for non-motorized traffic.
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Mexico City, Mexico

Xochimilco Raised Fields

These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.
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London, England

The Barbican Estate

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.
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Nashville, Tennessee

The Nations Silo

An enormous mural of a local Nashville resident adorns this abandoned silo.
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Higashimurayama, Japan

Shōfukuji Temple Jizōdō Hall

Considered the oldest intact wooden structure in Tokyo Prefecture, this impressive temple was built in 1407.
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Deddington, England

Deddington Castle

The remains of what was once a motte-and-bailey castle, these earthworks offer visitors a tangible connection to England’s medieval past.
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New Taipei City, Taiwan

‘Mountain Home’

A forgotten hiker’s lodge, now reclaimed by the forest, with its chimney standing as a lone sentinel of the past.
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Murfreesboro, Tennessee

The World’s Largest Cedar Bucket

Built in the 19th century, this bucket has been to two World’s Fairs.
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Escomb, England

Escomb Church

A 7th-century church in northeast England built using stones from a nearby Roman fort.
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Nambu, Japan

Nanbu Town Dragon Tower

Scale the heights of this 100-foot play space shaped like a ferocious dragon.
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Denver, Colorado

Allen Tupper True Murals at the Mountain States Telephone Building

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.
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