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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
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Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
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Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Facility 2298 Rail Bridge
The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.
38.7127, -77.1595
Melbourne, Australia
The Gothic Bank
This Melbourne bank has unique Gothic-style architectural features and is one of the most majestic operating bank branches in the world.
-37.8167, 144.9618
Gliwice, Poland
Slik House Weichmann
An early creation by Erich Mendelsohn.
50.2971, 18.6713
Manchester, England
Gnome Island
Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.
53.4668, -2.2874
Bristol, England
'Phoenix and the Four Elements'
An alchemical monument that represents "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water."
51.4496, -2.5901
Verona, Italy
House of Romeo
Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.
45.4435, 10.9994
Ballater, Scotland
Garbh Allt Falls Bridge
More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.
56.9849, -3.3294
Winona, Minnesota
WNB Financial African Safari Exhibit
Hunting trophies and antique guns make up the unusual display at this Minnesota bank building.
44.0514, -91.6379
Boulder City, Nevada
Black Canyon National Water Trail
See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.
36.0113, -114.7434
Salem, Oregon
Wheatland Ferry
This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.
45.0904, -123.0450
Québec City, Québec
OnhoĂ¼a Chetek8e
A reconstituted ancestral village of the Huron-Wendat Nation.
46.8686, -71.3659
Budapest, Hungary
Gömböc
The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.
47.4860, 19.0789
Canet de Mar, Spain
Castell de Santa Florentina
Built on the foundations of an ancient Roman villa, the unique architecture of this castle on the Catalan coast was used as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'
41.6008, 2.5770
Stockholm, Sweden
'Svampen'
A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.
59.3361, 18.0727
Los Angeles, California
'Dan the Miner'
Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49
34.0613, -118.3668
Washington, D.C.
Laogai Museum
The first museum in the U.S. to address human rights issues in China.
38.9158, -77.0415
Hanksville, Utah
Hollow Mountain
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
38.3736, -110.7048
York, England
York Tyburn
After public executions took place at this location, attendants would also attend a local horse race.
53.9463, -1.1015
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