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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
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Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
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Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Portsmouth, England
Charles Dickens Statue
A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.
50.7973, -1.0925
Easton, Massachusetts
Selee Satanic Mill Marker
A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.
42.0483, -71.1569
Ruse, Bulgaria
Pantheon of National Revival Heroes
A Soviet-style monument, built after transferring the remains of heroes from their graves.
43.8507, 25.9612
Kamakura, Japan
Prince Morinaga's Dungeon
The alleged site of the months-long imprisonment of a Japanese prince.
35.3264, 139.5671
Globe, Arizona
Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park and Museum
The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.
33.3821, -110.7728
Busot, Spain
Ethnic Music Museum of Busot
A private collector gathered these sound machines and musical instruments across five continents.
38.4847, -0.4174
Riola, Italy
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta
A design by master architect Alvar Aalto in a small village in the Apennines near Bologna.
44.2293, 11.0546
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
The British Consulate at Takow
This historic 19th-century building was the center of British trade and diplomacy in Taiwan.
22.6189, 120.2669
Stavanger, Norway
Stavanger Astronomical Society Observatory
Peer into the night sky with one of Norway's oldest associations of land-based space explorers.
58.9732, 5.7013
Cologne, Germany
TĂ¼nnes und Schäl
Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.
50.9382, 6.9610
Køge, Denmark
Køge Huskors Memorial
This marker commemorates a long-lasting historical haunting and demonic possession that led to one of Denmark's worst witch trials.
55.4567, 12.1827
Lead, South Dakota
Homestake Open Cut
Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.
44.3529, -103.7653
Kerċem, Malta
Gozo Aqueduct
This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.
36.0489, 14.2288
Shiraoi, Japan
Upopoy (National Ainu Museum and Park)
Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.
42.5615, 141.3668
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mahalab Bakery
Order savory Levantine baked goods with innovative twists at this takeout-only spot.
42.3859, -71.1195
Naha, Japan
Inshallah
For half a century, this Arabian-inspired retro café has been an oasis for locals in Okinawa’s central tourist area.
26.2159, 127.6867
St. Louis, Missouri
Crown Candy Kitchen
The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.
38.6514, -90.1979
Upton, New York
Brookhaven Gamma Forest
Starting in 1961, Brookhaven National Labs regularly irradiated a section of forest with a canister of Cesium-137 to study the effects of hard gamma radiation on an ecosystem.
40.8831, -72.8574
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