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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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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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Leesville, Louisiana
Wolf Rock Cave
The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.
30.9723, -93.1945
Shreveport, Louisiana
Once in a Millennium Moon Mural
One of the largest publicly funded mural in the country is one city's love letter to itself.
32.5101, -93.7484
Durham, North Carolina
Durham's Hidden Dinosaur
Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.
36.0274, -78.9024
Saint-Just-d'Ardèche, France
Musée d'art Moderne St Just D'Ardeche
This massive and eclectic collection is filled with thousands of sculptures, masks, and assemblages.
44.3032, 4.6135
London, England
Dorich House Museum
This Art Deco house is home to the world's largest collection of Dora Gordine's paintings, drawings, and sculptures.
51.4333, -0.2630
Tokyo, Japan
Ikkoku Bridge Stone Marker for Lost Children
This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.
35.6844, 139.7711
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Gustave Whitehead Fountain
This monument commemorates an aeronaut who allegedly flew a plane before the Wright brothers.
41.1684, -73.2157
Milford, Delaware
Tiki Murph
Live chainsaw carvings of tiki statues aim to keep a tradition with ancient roots alive in this small Delaware town.
38.9676, -75.4323
Turin, Italy
Egyptian Museum of Turin
One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.
45.0684, 7.6843
La Calera, Colombia
La Siberia
An abandoned company town and cement factory outside of BogotĂ¡, now haunted by ghosts and scofflaws.
4.7125, -73.9471
Port Richey, Florida
The Obscuratorium
An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.
28.2803, -82.7084
Detroit, Michigan
Merrill Fountain
This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.
42.4209, -83.1103
Barbar, Bahrain
Barbar Temple
This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.
26.2262, 50.4841
Akron, Ohio
John Brown Monument
A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.
41.0762, -81.5412
Langenenslingen, Germany
JĂ¼nger-Haus Wilflingen
The former home of Ernst JĂ¼nger, an eccentric German novelist, philosopher, entomologist, and psychonaut.
48.1374, 9.3563
Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
Castle Cornet
An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.
49.4531, -2.5264
Nice, California
Clarkes Collectibles & Lunchbox Museum
An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.
39.1228, -122.8424
San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala
Pizza Pacaya
For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.
14.3823, -90.6015
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