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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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Okarche, Oklahoma
Eischen's Bar
Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.
35.7254, -97.9756
Cleveland, Ohio
GE Chandelier
A dazzling display of lights and crystals.
41.5007, -81.6816
San Luis PotosĂ, Mexico
The Church in the Desert
Past the hills and beyond the graveyard, this church feels extremely out of place.
22.1533, -101.0910
Iowa City, Iowa
World’s Largest Wooden Nickel
This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.
41.6965, -91.5466
Rotterdam, Netherlands
'De Bospoldervos'
A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.
51.9121, 4.4361
Vilnius, Lithuania
Lukiškės Prison
A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.
54.6914, 25.2663
Palm Springs, California
PS Air Bar
Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.
33.8142, -116.5462
Colchester, England
Colchester’s Roman Circus
It's believed emperor Hadrian himself funded this once architectural wonder.
51.8842, 0.8965
Rotterdam, Netherlands
De Hef
A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.
51.9135, 4.4988
CancĂºn, Mexico
Old Airport Control Tower
One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.
21.1302, -86.8296
Irvington, New York
The Armour-Stiner Octagon House
This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.
41.0309, -73.8704
Fenwick Isle, Delaware
Transpeninsular Line Marker
A unique marker erected during the 18th century.
38.4512, -75.0548
Encampment, Wyoming
Grand Encampment Museum
Features unique photographic collections by women of the American West and historical attractions such as a two-story outhouse.
41.2040, -106.7890
Cold Spring, New York
Jed's Godzilla
In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.
41.4176, -73.9583
Nuremberg, Germany
Albrecht DĂ¼rer's Grave
The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.
49.4585, 11.0612
Washington, D.C.
The Transportation Walk
Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.
38.8759, -77.0028
Lisbon, Portugal
Museu do Fado
An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.
38.7111, -9.1276
Jensen, Utah
Quarry Exhibit Hall
Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.
40.4405, -109.3009
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