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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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Glengoulandie, Scotland
Tomphubil Lime-Kiln
A small, former industrial site overlooking Loch Kinardochy.
56.6665, -3.9957
Chatillon, Italy
Ru du Pan Perdu
For centuries this cliffside aqueduct was believed to be of Roman origin, but it actually dates to the medieval era.
45.7604, 7.6162
Lekki, Nigeria
Nike Centre for Art and Culture
Not your average art gallery, this massive center hosts 8,000 works from artists across Africa—and it’s free to the public.
6.4315, 3.4819
Centreville, Virginia
Spindle Sears House
This restored house built from a Sears kit in the 1930s is a physical remnant of FDR's New Deal following the Great Depression.
38.8432, -77.4297
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Museum of the Future
This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.
25.2192, 55.2816
Chapayal, Belize
Caracol
This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.
16.7631, -89.1178
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Scolpaig Tower
Although it appears much older, this castle-like tower is actually a Georgian-era folly.
57.6461, -7.4818
Birmingham, Alabama
'The Storyteller'
This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
33.5007, -86.7961
Shreveport, Louisiana
Spring Street Museum
Learn about the history of Shreveport in one of the city’s oldest surviving buildings.
32.5145, -93.7460
Barcelona, Spain
'El PetĂ³ de la Mort' ('The Kiss of Death')
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
41.3952, 2.2018
Washington, D.C.
Capital Pool Checkers
The former home of elite checkers battles of the Capital Pool Checkers Club.
38.9142, -77.0235
Mumbai, India
Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia Clock Tower
A heritage structure designed in 1882 honors a Parsi philanthropist.
18.9343, 72.8358
Nether Wallop, England
Douce Mausoleum
Inspired by the colossal pyramids at Giza, this 15-foot structure is believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain.
51.1260, -1.5674
Lavenham, England
Suffolk's Pink and Crooked Houses
The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.
52.1084, 0.7951
Ballachulish, Scotland
The Meeting of Three Waters
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
56.6625, -4.9664
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Jimmy Stewart Museum
The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.
40.6232, -79.1558
Germantown, Maryland
Ruins of Clopper Mill
The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.
39.1531, -77.2537
Denbigh, Wales
St Hilary's Chapel
This tower is all that remains of a once-famed chapel.
53.1818, -3.4199
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