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Englishtown, Nova Scotia
Giant MacAskill’s Grave
46.2875, -60.5399
Jakes Landing, Nova Scotia
Kejimkujik Petroglyphs
44.3884, -65.2148
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TĂ MĂ¡ Stream
14.1546, 108.7971
Southampton, England
Gods House Tower
50.8964, -1.4026
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Nanterre, France
Tours Aillaud
The unique design of these skyscrapers in a Paris suburb led to them being nicknamed "cloud towers."
48.8897, 2.2270
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Old Sturbridge Village
The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.
42.1089, -72.0992
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Mausoleum of Chiang Kai-shek
The final resting place of the dictator of Taiwan.
24.8421, 121.2993
Zagreb, Croatia
Kamenita Vrata (Our Lady of the Stone Gate)
A well-worshipped shrine to the Virgin Mary nestled inside the last of Zagreb’s historic gates.
45.8158, 15.9754
Hoyerswerda, Germany
ZCOM Hoyerswerda
A unique museum that explores the history of computing and digital culture in East Germany.
51.4374, 14.2559
Haworth, England
Brontë Parsonage Museum
Some of the most enduring novels in English literature were written within the walls of this Georgian-era building.
53.8312, -1.9576
Leadville, Colorado
Irish Miners’ Memorial and Cemetery
Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.
39.2503, -106.3030
Waialua, Hawaii
YMCA Camp Erdman
This iconic location, shrouded in mystery and nostalgia and still an active YMCA camp, was the setting for the Dharma Barracks in the hit TV series 'Lost.'
21.5787, -158.2260
New York, New York
Wavertree
After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.
40.7054, -74.0030
Altit, Pakistan
Altit Fort
The history of the oldest fort in Baltistan is steeped in familial rivalry and gruesome deaths.
36.3173, 74.6812
Salisbury, England
Amesbury Archer
Pivotal in the research of early British Bronze Age life, found near Stonehenge.
51.0644, -1.7998
Kamakura, Japan
Yatozaka Kiridoshi Pass
An ancient mountain-cut pass runs largely forgotten in the suburbs of Kamakura.
35.3267, 139.5103
Redlands, California
Historical Glass Museum
Since 1985, this Victorian home has operated as a museum filled top to bottom with American-made glassware.
34.0681, -117.1827
Tirana, Albania
Postbllok Memorial
A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
41.3209, 19.8201
Daresbury, England
All Saints’ Church, Daresbury
Visit the birthplace of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, poet and author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'
53.3405, -2.6313
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Italian Chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi
This church with Italian style frescos was constructed by European internees in Zimbabwe during World War II.
-20.0694, 30.8663
Toledo, Ohio
The Cloister
Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.
41.6597, -83.5581
Athens, Greece
Tower of Sir Richard Church / House of George Finlay
The second oldest surviving house in Athens was owned by an Irish General.
37.9728, 23.7299
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