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Quang Trung Museum
13.9206, 108.9208
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Laredo’s Palace
40.4879, -3.3639
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Hazelnut Inn
49.0817, -122.0510
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Melvin-Lewis Pioneer Cemetery
39.6157, -104.8162
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Brooklyn, New York
Old Stone House of Brooklyn
This reconstructed Revolutionary War-era residence marks the first major battle after the Declaration of Independence
40.6730, -73.9846
Penshurst, England
Penshurst Medieval Dole Table
A rare stone ledge where the poor once received their share in the churchyard
51.1736, 0.1834
Urbana, Indiana
Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church
The early life of Indiana author Gene Stratton-Porter was spent in the Hopewell Church area
40.8703, -85.6994
Lagro, Indiana
Kerr Lock
Remains of a lock used for navigating the Wabash Canal in the mid-1800s
40.8372, -85.7254
Jeffersonville, Indiana
The Lady and the Winds of Change
In an industrial area, a poem and large welded metal sculpture of a Lady provide a multi-sensory experience
38.2862, -85.7413
Marion, Indiana
When Lyle Married Julia
in 1993, Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett wed secretly in Marion, Indiana hours before she introduced him at a concert in Noblesville, Indiana
40.5775, -85.6923
Budapest, Hungary
DominikĂ¡nus Udvar
The remains of an ancient medieval monastery can be seen in the basement of a luxury hotel
47.5029, 19.0337
Swayzee, Indiana
The Only Swayzee in the World
There is no other town or city in the world with the name Swayzee
40.5071, -85.8254
Notre Dame, Indiana
The Golden Dome
The Golden Dome is the most recognized building on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame
41.7030, -86.2391
Notre Dame, Indiana
The Word of Life Mural at the University of Notre Dame
The mural faces the football stadium and has been known as Touchdown Jesus since 1964
41.7021, -86.2345
Madrid, Spain
The Liquefied Blood of Saint Pantaleon
A crypt of relics guards a vial said to liquefy each July
40.4200, -3.7116
Hong Kong
Lui Seng Chun
This grand old Chinese medical facility has been restored and reopened to serve its original purpose.
22.3249, 114.1650
Grant Township, Illinois
Volo Bog State Natural Area
Volo Bog is the only open-water quaking bog in Illinois, and also the southernmost open-water quaking bog in North America to exhibit all stages of bog succession.
42.3516, -88.1849
Honolulu, Hawaii
Koko Crater Tramway
Once a WWII supply tramway, it's now a popular & steep hiking trail.
21.2770, -157.6957
Hynish, Scotland
Lighthouse-Keepers’ Houses at Hynish
A pair of trousers or a dress was hoisted up the shore station’s flagstaff to announce the birth of a baby to the lighthouse keeper working offshore.
56.4488, -6.8942
Provincetown, Massachusetts
ScottCakes
A Provincetown shop that sells exactly one thing — a pink cupcake — and whose owner fought the town for the right to keep selling it.
42.0529, -70.1840
Aranjuez, Spain
Porcelain Room
An eighteenth-century fantasy where monkeys, dragons, and Chinese courtiers emerge from walls made entirely of porcelain.
40.0364, -3.6083
Laporte Township, Pennsylvania
Celestia
The forest has reclaimed nearly everything—streets included—from this failed Pennsylvania "City of Heaven" that was once deeded directly to God.
41.4222, -76.5251
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