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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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Yamanashi, Japan
Kanibōzu Claw Marks
A giant man-eating crab monster allegedly left its claw marks on this unassuming boulder.
35.6929, 138.6673
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Daffin's Chocolate Kingdom
Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.
41.2325, -80.4998
Dolores, Colorado
Memorial Rock
A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.
37.5630, -108.3713
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Greenfield Money Tree
Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.
42.5869, -72.6249
Potsdam, Germany
Truman Villa
The home of president Truman during the Potsdam Conference, and the place from which the atomic bomb strike on Japan was triggered.
52.3958, 13.1231
Gardner, Massachusetts
S.K. Pierce Mansion
This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.
42.5576, -71.9808
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ryerss Museum and Library
The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.
40.0686, -75.0886
Kuna, Idaho
Idaho Initial Point
A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.
43.3721, -116.3940
Tokyo, Japan
Arima Family Plot
No one knows why this family’s graves stayed on the national museum's premises after all other tombstones were relocated.
35.7200, 139.7769
Carbondale, Colorado
Redstone Coke Ovens
Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.
39.1812, -107.2413
San Pellegrino Terme, Italy
Casino of San Pellegrino Terme
This lavish 20th-century casino adorns labels for San Pellegrino water.
45.8407, 9.6636
Riga, Latvia
Great Choral Synagogue Memorial
A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.
56.9424, 24.1264
Loyalton, California
Kyburz Flat
A Native American petroglyph, the site of an emigrants' waystation, and the ruins of an early 20th-century sheep camp are all found at this crossroads.
39.5059, -120.2425
Swansea, Wales
Kardomah Cafe
Visit the last surviving outlet of a once popular chain of coffeeshops.
51.6205, -3.9451
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Grave of World’s Largest Twins
Below this enormous headstone lie Billy and Benny McCrary, better known as the "McGuire Twins."
35.2456, -82.5477
Berlin, Germany
Malakeh
After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.
52.4954, 13.3615
Corona, New Mexico
'Cowboy Ruckus'
Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.
34.3431, -104.9684
Saba, Caribbean Netherlands
Mount Scenery
The highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is on a remote Caribbean island atop a dormant volcano.
17.6287, -63.2333
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