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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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Boston, Massachusetts
Leonard A. Grimes Residence
The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
42.3602, -71.0686
Sakawa, Japan
Uemachi Station
Though it won't take you far, the wood train housed at this station is the last of its kind in Japan.
33.4988, 133.2879
Lisbon, Portugal
Museu da FarmĂ¡cia
Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.
38.7102, -9.1472
Moab, Utah
Moab Rock Shop
This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
38.5823, -109.5524
Thredbo, Australia
Mount Kosciuszko Summit
The tallest mountain in mainland Australia.
-36.4559, 148.2636
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dr. Tumblety's Time-Inspired Specialty Shop
This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.
40.4219, -79.9939
Rushen, Isle of Man
The Chasms
This unique rock formation has become a popular walking trail.
54.0618, -4.7633
Zuidlaren, Netherlands
Berend Botje Statue
This monument pays homage to a classic Dutch tune.
53.0933, 6.6848
Ottawa, Ontario
Pandemic Bridge at Porter's Island
The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.
45.4369, -75.6808
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Koninklijke Wachtkamer Amsterdam Centraal
Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.
52.3780, 4.9011
Lemon Cove, California
John Muir Statue
This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.
36.3730, -119.0287
Durango, Colorado
Hesperus Peace Park
A quiet rock and botanical garden is the beautiful centerpiece of Fort Lewis College.
37.2764, -107.8684
Brooklyn, New York
Naval Cemetery Landscape
What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.
40.6993, -73.9631
Wilsons Promontory, Australia
Skull Rock (Cleft Island)
A unique rock formation that only a few have managed to venture inside.
-39.1579, 146.2950
Kokomo, Indiana
Kokomo Railroad Watchman Tower
This relic of transportation history still stands in this Indiana city.
40.4878, -86.1324
Leganés, Spain
Nensi the Leganés Monster
Many miles south of Loch Ness, a similarly-named sea monster stands at the center of a roundabout.
40.3425, -3.7565
Sauget, Illinois
National Building Arts Center
In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.
38.5944, -90.1674
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Center of the Universe
Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.
35.0841, -106.6220
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