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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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Woodbury, Georgia
Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge
Designed by famed architect Horace King.
33.0385, -84.5526
Sale, Australia
La Trobe Swing Bridge
The La Trobe Swing Bridge was the first movable bridge constructed in Victoria.
-38.1464, 147.0869
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Alux House at San Pedro Hotel
It might look like a doghouse, but this small structure was actually built to house a spirit from Maya mythology.
20.6346, -87.0667
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Paul Revere Capture Site
This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.
42.4489, -71.2798
New York, New York
IFC Center Peephole
The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.
40.7312, -74.0017
Field, British Columbia
Spiral Tunnels at the Big Hill
In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.
51.4313, -116.4039
Orlando, Florida
The Disney Collection
An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.
28.5425, -81.3766
Gumi, South Korea
Hwangsang-dong Buddha Carving
Though it is hundreds of years old, the intricate details on this 23-foot rock carving of Buddha have been preserved.
36.1151, 128.4129
St Anthony, England
St. Anthony Head
On this headland lies a 19th-century lighthouse and historic gun battery.
50.1423, -5.0139
Hamden, Connecticut
Best Video Film & Cultural Center
This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'
41.3658, -72.9086
Southampton, England
SS Shieldhall
Built as part of a "sludge fleet" that transported sewage, this historic steamship now mostly moves people.
50.9082, -1.4421
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
Tasmans Arch
A natural rock bridge towers above the sea.
-43.0422, 147.9511
Washington, England
Worm Hill
According to local legends, a monstrous worm once wrapped itself around this hill by the River Wear.
54.8805, -1.5168
San Francisco, California
Hotaling Place
The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.
37.7965, -122.4029
Kungsbacka, Sweden
Bergsala’s Super Mario
A statue of the heroic plumber stands outside a company that bluffed its way into being Nintendo’s Scandinavian distributor.
57.5076, 12.0541
Hibbing, Minnesota
Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine
Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.
47.4440, -92.9251
Washington, D.C.
Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
This small hilltop church weaves the urban history of Washington, D.C. with the national history of the United States.
38.9127, -77.0594
Calumet, Michigan
Italian Hall Memorial
Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.
47.2483, -88.4552
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