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Guadalajara, Mexico
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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Asmara, Eritrea
Medeber Market
Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.
15.3437, 38.9448
Harvard, Massachusetts
Fruitlands Museum
Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.
42.5050, -71.6133
Three Rivers, California
Kaweah Post Office
This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.
36.4709, -118.9196
Rosario Beach, Washington
The Maiden of Deception Pass
This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.
48.4168, -122.6638
Bundibugyo, Uganda
Margherita Peak
Famous in both ancient and modern times, the "mountains of the moon" are legendary for their beauty and biodiversity. But they are threatened by the changing climate.
0.3912, 29.8694
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Cementerio Santa Ifigenia
A tomb in this cemetery holds soil from every country in Latin America.
20.0361, -75.8388
Reno, Nevada
Airmail Arrow
A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.
39.5121, -119.9193
Waterloo, New York
The Scythe Tree
A rusted blade sticks out from the trunk of this tree, left as a memorial to a young man who left to fight in the Civil War but never returned home.
42.8959, -76.9091
Whitby, Ontario
Lynde House Museum
One of Whitby's first homes is now a showcase of the lifestyle of early Canadian families.
43.8713, -78.9388
Panaca, Nevada
Cathedral Gorge
Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.
37.8241, -114.4155
Dhigurah, Maldives
Dhigurashu Thun'di (Long Beach)
A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.
3.5152, 72.9154
Burlington, Washington
Skagit-Squatch
A museum dedicated to an elusive cryptid.
48.4776, -122.3286
Barcelona, Spain
Museu Egipci de Barcelona (Egyptian Museum of Barcelona)
A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts
41.3936, 2.1647
Brooklyn, New York
Henry Chadwick's Grave
The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.
40.6574, -73.9861
Mobridge, South Dakota
Walleye Up Statue
An ode to South Dakota's state fish.
45.5307, -100.4341
Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Bridge to Nowhere, Manawatu-Wanganui
This bridge was designed to connect a road that never came to fruition.
-39.2710, 174.9724
Dharavandhoo, Maldives
Dharavandhoo Fish Market
When the sun sets, the customers arrive—but they’re not human.
5.1590, 73.1352
Berlin, Germany
DDR Watch Tower
This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.
52.5085, 13.3797
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