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Guadalajara, Mexico
Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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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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Belgrade, Serbia
Sava Centar
A retro Yugoslav congress, cultural, and business hall built in the 1970s, with an iconic world clock.
44.8085, 20.4320
Rome, Italy
Palazzo Malta
Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.
41.9054, 12.4807
Utrecht, Netherlands
DOMunder Subterranean Ruins
Underground attraction offering tours of the foundational ruins of a church nave that collapsed in 1674.
52.0910, 5.1210
Seoul, South Korea
Son Kee Chung’s Greek Helmet
This ancient Corinthian helmet is South Korea’s only national treasure of Western origin.
37.5239, 126.9805
Huế, Vietnam
Hổ Quyền (Tiger Arena)
Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.
16.4485, 107.5546
Basel, Switzerland
Dreiländereck
A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.
47.5885, 7.5897
Seattle, Washington
Nutcracker House
Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.
47.6946, -122.3994
Mamerki, Poland
Mauerwald Bunker Complex
This lakeside bunker complex in Mamerki, Poland, housed the Supreme Military Command of Nazi Germany during World War II.
54.1806, 21.6506
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Ban Yipun (Ayutthaya Japanese Village)
The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.
14.3329, 100.5779
Millett, Nevada
Ophir
A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.
38.9422, -117.2602
Conca dei Marini, Italy
Grotto dello Smeraldo
A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.
40.6151, 14.5670
Alcorcón, Spain
Museo de Esculturas
An open-air sculpture museum in a park in Alcorcón.
40.3545, -3.8089
Belgrade, Serbia
Televizorke
Two buildings named after their windows that make it look like a sea of television sets plastered to a wall.
44.8129, 20.4132
North, Arkansas
Cosmic Cavern
The warmest cave in the Ozarks features two seemingly bottomless lakes.
36.4358, -93.4973
Key West, Florida
Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden
Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.
24.5596, -81.8069
Pune, India
Servants of India Society Monument
A hilltop stone monument commemorating the establishment of a historic social welfare organization.
18.5245, 73.8344
Cheverie, Nova Scotia
Camera Obscura
Experience the magic (and science) of a camera with this giant structure that allows you to enter inside the camera.
45.1604, -64.1669
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Rock Art of Ikh Tengeriin Am
Ancient site of Mongolian Shamanism located near a road leading out of Ulaanbaatar.
47.8844, 106.9501
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