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Salle du Jeu de Paume
48.8010, 2.1238
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Arden Point and Glenclyffe
41.3798, -73.9470
Forest Grove, Oregon
World’s Tallest Barber Pole
45.5261, -123.1114
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Gnome Hill
39.6312, -76.6400
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Stockton-on-Tees, England
Yarm Castle
Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.
54.5096, -1.3573
Brooksville, Florida
Mermaid Tale Trail
Dozens of giant mermaids are hidden across Florida’s coast in parks, yards, and beaches.
Sponsored By Florida's Adventure Coast
Spring Hill, Florida
Wind Chime Memorial Tree
A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.
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Webster, Florida
Richloam General Store
Deep in the Richloam wilderness, a century-old country store is stocked with plenty of stories.
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Spring Hill, Florida
Sinclair Dinosaur Gas Station
A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.
Sponsored By Florida's Adventure Coast
Cerne Abbas, England
Cerne Abbey
A privately owned Benedictine estate founded in 987, where a Tudor gatehouse and rare medieval guest house survive within a living historic manor in the Dorset village famous for its ancient chalk giant.
50.8108, -2.4764
Florence, Italy
The Fountain of Bacchino
A whimsical Renaissance fountain sculpture from Florence, world-renowned for defying convention.
43.7653, 11.2502
Florida, Massachusetts
Expired Parking Meter Gravestone
Time has expired for eternity at this gravesite with a sense of humor.
42.6663, -73.0118
Ioannina Island, Greece
Museum Ali Pasha and Revolutionary Period
A museum inside a Byzantine island monastery.
39.6792, 20.8759
Reykjavik, Iceland
Skuli Magnusson Statue
The first Icelander to hold the position of governor.
64.1474, -21.9419
Corstorphine, Scotland
Corstorphine Dovecot
This remarkably preserved historic structure stands as the last surviving remnant of Corstorphine Castle.
55.9391, -3.2815
Nhill, Australia
Australian Pinball Museum
This rural Australian museum is dedicated to all things pinball.
-36.3342, 141.6683
Dixville, New Hampshire
Gravesite of Dixville’s First Settlers
The first inhabitants of this remote town faced a grisly death.
44.8564, -71.2860
Dalmellington, Scotland
Loch Doon Castle
A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!
55.2260, -4.3849
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ministry of Awe
A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.
39.9511, -75.1453
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Hilden Mill
The decaying giant of Ulster’s lost linen empire.
54.5198, -6.0232
Orange, New Jersey
Former Home of U.S. Radium Corporation
This is the location of the U.S. Radium Corporation where the “Radium Girls” worked, became sickened by radiation poisoning, with many dying horrible deaths.
40.7817, -74.2271
Berlin, Germany
Tom Ripley’s Shed
A real-world location where a fictional murder took place
52.6216, 13.3510
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