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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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Portaferry, Northern Ireland
Tullyboard Windmill
This windmill was used for well over a century.
54.3785, -5.5390
Kailua, Hawaii
Ulupō Heiau
Hidden behind a YMCA stands the remains of a ceremonial site that dates back hundreds of years, whose ground is still considered sacred to many Hawaiians.
21.3856, -157.7529
Kappern, Austria
Stargate Kappern
Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?
48.1819, 14.1318
London, England
Alfred the Great Statue
King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.
51.4988, -0.0937
Munich, Germany
Wolfsbrunnen
Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.
48.1384, 11.5810
San Francisco, California
Jack Early Park
This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.
37.8049, -122.4082
Devon Meadows, Australia
Crystal World Exhibition Centre
A potpourri of rocks, fossils, and crystals is rounded out by a dinosaur garden and a 15-foot great white shark.
-38.1645, 145.2969
London, England
St Antholin's Spire
This stone spire holds a unique place in the region's history.
51.4356, -0.0579
Redlands, California
Lincoln Memorial Shrine
The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.
34.0541, -117.1840
Raposeira, Portugal
Seminário de Santa Teresinha
A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.
41.3884, -8.2283
Cambridge, Massachusetts
'Cash for Your Warhol'
A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.
42.3806, -71.1319
Dannenfels, Germany
Adlerbogen (Eagle Arch)
A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.
49.6208, 7.9417
Montevideo, Uruguay
Castillo Pittamiglio
A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.
-34.9210, -56.1498
Goseong, South Korea
Hwajinpo Summer Houses
The triumvirate of postwar Korea—Kim Il-sung, Syngman Rhee, and Lee Ki-poong—once vacationed on this seaside peninsula.
38.4725, 128.4430
Honolulu, Hawaii
Amelia Earhart Memorial Plaque
Hiding in plane sight.
21.2563, -157.8045
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Bethlehem)
A tribute to those that perished during the American Revolution.
40.6207, -75.3854
Lochwinnoch, Scotland
Castle Semple Collegiate Church
The ruins of a small church belonging to a powerful Scottish family still hold the remains of its patriarch.
55.8069, -4.5935
San Francisco, California
Hang Ah Tea Room
The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.
37.7934, -122.4075
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