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Durham, North Carolina
Durham Pump Station
36.0575, -78.9629
Versailles, France
Salle du Jeu de Paume
48.8010, 2.1238
Philipstown, New York
Arden Point and Glenclyffe
41.3798, -73.9470
Forest Grove, Oregon
World’s Tallest Barber Pole
45.5261, -123.1114
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Berlin, Germany
Tom Ripley’s Shed
A real-world location where a fictional murder took place
52.6216, 13.3510
Middelfart, Denmark
‘The Devil is Loose’
A chimeric bronze demon, embodying the chaotic spirit of a new millennium.
55.5057, 9.7343
Bordeaux, France
La Maison aux Personnages
What at first glance appears to be an ordinary house is in fact a work of art by Russian artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.
44.8305, -0.6035
Notre Dame, Indiana
First Down Moses
A 17-foot-tall bronze statue of Moses with an index finger pointed towards the heavens signaling first down for the football team.
41.7025, -86.2349
Cambridgeshire, England
The Route of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway
The experimental rail system which gave birth to both Toby the Tram Engine and a new system in the UK for authorisation of rural railways.
52.6582, 0.1672
England
St Georges Guildhall
The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.
52.7555, 0.3935
Budapest, Hungary
Galeria Otthon Áruház
A forgotten Art Deco department store in central Budapest, where faded socialist-era retail grandeur meets the haunting beauty of urban decay.
47.4988, 19.0759
Goch, Germany
Viller Mühle
A former mill turned into a world of curiosity and everyday objects.
51.7026, 6.0521
Solna, Sweden
The Andrée Monument
A granite memorial to three men swallowed by the Arctic—Andrée, Strindberg and Fraenkel—explorers that attempted one of the most ambitious (and disastrous) North Pole expeditions in history.
59.3556, 18.0251
Georgetown, Colorado
Hotel de Paris Museum
A little slice of 19th century France tucked away in the Colorado mountains.
39.7058, -105.6958
San Diego, California
Fault Whisper
Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.
32.7104, -117.1647
Oslo, Norway
FLOP Museum
A small Oslo museum dedicated to failed products, bad ideas, overhyped inventions, and the strange lessons hidden inside them.
59.9082, 10.7614
Pune, India
Osho Teerth Park
A sprawling park in the middle of Pune feels like a magical, enchanted forest from a fairy tale.
18.5359, 73.8907
Wiarton, Ontario
Wiarton Willie Statue
This small town is home to Ontario’s answer to Punxsutawney Phil.
44.7442, -81.1370
Vela Luka, Croatia
Vela Spila
A cave with a continual human presence from 20,000 BC outside of Vela Luka on the island of Korcula.
42.9697, 16.7183
Monterey, California
Cannery Workers’ Shacks
The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”
36.6171, -121.9014
Detroit, Michigan
Main Detroit Public Library
It's an incredibly beautiful city public space, with spacious rooms to study and admire the artwork.
42.3585, -83.0668
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sinclair Seamen's Presbyterian Church
The bell of HMS Hood is rung every Sunday at this ship-themed church.
54.6054, -5.9227
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