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Guadalajara, Mexico
Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
ChĂ£o Bom, Cabo Verde
Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
Agra, India
Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Wilmington, Delaware
'The Gumball Machine'
In Wilmington's hip Trolley Square neighborhood, a utility box has been repainted to resemble a classic gumball machine.
39.7561, -75.5605
Green Island, Taiwan
Youzihu
The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.
22.6656, 121.5094
Teluk Bahang, Malaysia
Penang Tropical Fruit Farm
A sprawling tropical paradise offers a taste of fruits from around the world.
5.4151, 100.2169
Pune, India
Raja Ices
Pune's oldest ice cream parlor serves scoops in flavors like lemongrass.
18.5111, 73.8530
Deakin, Australia
Deakin Anticline
This fascinating and unusual geological formation dominates a suburb of Canberra.
-35.3151, 149.1059
Tucson, Arizona
Campbell Bat Bridge
A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.
32.2844, -110.9438
Zaragoza, Spain
PabellĂ³n Puente
The most amazing structure built for the 2008 Expo
41.6664, -0.9051
Miami, Florida
'Dollar a Gallon III'
This sculpture in the Miami Design District is one of the few public works of Virgil Abloh, an internationally recognized fashion designer and creative.
25.8138, -80.1927
York, Maine
Paul Bunyan's Severed Head
The head of a legendary lumberjack watches over a river in Maine.
43.1564, -70.7371
Split, Croatia
Dioklecijanov Akvadukt (Diocletian Aqueduct)
This ancient Roman aqueduct once funneled water to Diocletian's palace.
43.5241, 16.4895
Weatherford, Texas
The Boardwalk at Lake Weatherford
The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.
32.7987, -97.7059
Bern, Switzerland
Mosesbrunnen
This bunny-eared Moses represents an attempted compromise between two biblical interpretations.
46.9474, 7.4480
Vancouver, British Columbia
Two Spirits Carving
A mysterious sculpture is hidden in Vancouver's Stanley Park.
49.3081, -123.1473
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile Carnival Museum
In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.
30.6883, -88.0452
Tainan City, Taiwan
Sperm Whale Exhibition Hall
Nestled between the Sicao Green Tunnel and Dazhong Temple, an antiquated exhibition hall boasts the complete skeletons of mother and child sperm whales.
23.0198, 120.1352
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Arkansas Diner
Down-home Arkansas comfort food comes with a side of American pop culture kitsch.
22.6571, 120.3038
Colnbrook, England
The Ostrich Inn
One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.
51.4835, -0.5232
Miyoshi, Japan
Miyoshi Mononoke Museum
A collection of nearly 5,000 yokai-themed toys, sculptures, and more, dating from the 1700s to the present day.
34.8163, 132.8449
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