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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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Lancaster, England
The Great Fourstone
A massive glacial deposit that includes a carved staircase to reach the top.
54.0915, -2.5064
Bratislava, Slovakia
PrĂrodnĂ¡ GalĂ©ria Å rot Park (Scrap Park Nature Gallery)
Admire dozens of life-size animals made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, and valves.
48.2147, 16.9709
Leiden, Netherlands
Vrouwekerk
Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.
52.1610, 4.4893
Seattle, Washington
Tashkent Park
This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.
47.6238, -122.3234
Uonuma, Japan
Tadami Train Line
Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.
37.2335, 138.9536
Birmingham, England
Needless Alley
A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.
52.4798, -1.8986
Edinburgh, Scotland
'Woman and Child'
This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.
55.9469, -3.2060
Castle Valley, Utah
Fisher Towers
These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.
38.7250, -109.3088
Duffel, Belgium
Duffelcoat Statue
The birthplace of the titular coat and related products celebrates its claim to fame with a statue of a coat.
51.0897, 4.4946
Kano, Nigeria
Gidan Rumfa (Emir's Palace)
Walk through history in a palace that has seen centuries of Muslim rulers.
11.9920, 8.5189
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cuyperspassage
Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.
52.3796, 4.8985
Dublin, Ireland
Magazine Fort
This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.
53.3488, -6.3164
Edinburgh, Scotland
Roxburgh Court Tree Plaques
These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.
55.9502, -3.1910
Northallerton, England
Whorlton Old Church
The church and nearby castle are all that remains of a medieval village, mysteriously abandoned.
54.4152, -1.2567
Dundee, Scotland
Wishart Arch
Atop this arch, during the 16th-century, a sermon was given to those suffering from plague.
56.4649, -2.9641
Staten Island, New York
Todt Hill
The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.
40.5975, -74.1019
Ouray, Colorado
Box Canyon Falls
A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.
38.0188, -107.6782
Oxford, England
The Lantern of Guy Fawkes
The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens
51.7554, -1.2601
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