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Carefree, Arizona

Carefree Sundial

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.
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Morrison, Colorado

Morrison Natural History Museum

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.
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Sölvesborg, Sweden

Sölvesborgsbron (The Sölvesborg Bridge)

One of the longest footbridges in Europe.
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Nida, Lithuania

Nida Ethnographic Cemetery

An extensive collection of some of the oldest grave markers in Lithuania.
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Grimsby, England

Grimsby Imp

A 12th-century church that houses a dark creature.
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Holywood, Scotland

Robert Burns Ellisland Farm

Experience history from the stomping grounds of the great Scottish poet.
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Glen Innes, Australia

Australian Standing Stones

A tribute to the Celtic nations that helped settle Australia.
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Madrid, Spain

'Tras Julia'

Dedicated to a young woman who broke gender barriers at the University of Madrid.
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Edinburgh, Scotland

'The Dreamer'

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.
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Wellington, New Zealand

Letterbox Village

Leave a trinket at this artistic collection of mailboxes.
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Kyoto, Japan

Yakuso-Jinshi - Hippocratic Shrine

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.
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Shelbyville, Tennessee

Grave of Beautiful Jim Key

Known by many as once the world's smartest horse.
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Shrewsbury, England

Shrewsbury Prison

A prison with a more than 200-year history.
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Kyoto, Japan

Kyotomangekyo Museum

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.
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London, England

Kaspar the Savoy Cat

This black cat was actually designed to ward off bad luck.
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Rockville, Maryland

Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine

This one-room doctor's office has been moved twice, and now lives on as a museum.
Added by blimpcaptain
London, England

Remains of the Old London Bridge

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.
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Kodër Spaç, Albania

Spaç Prison

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.
Added by caseyspencer