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43.3710, -8.3965
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13.9545, 109.0895
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22.2783, 114.1930
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36.0575, -78.9629
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Gering, Nebraska
Scotts Bluff National Monument Overlook
From this scenic rockface, you can still see the paths Western pioneers followed.
Sponsored By Visit Nebraska
Stockholm, Sweden
Hötorgets Tunnelbana
One of the earliest subway stations in Stockholm, which still looks like the 1950s.
59.3359, 18.0639
Minford, Ohio
White Gravel Mines
Beginning as a white quartz gravel mine in the early 20th century, it was turned into a Christian-themed tunnel to present the core messages of the faith.
38.9238, -82.8210
Brooklyn, New York
Carroll Street Bridge
This 19th century wooden span is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States.
40.6783, -73.9895
Hungry Horse, Montana
Hungry Horse Dam
The tallest dam in Montana and top 10 in the country.
48.3438, -114.0139
Stockholm, Sweden
Andetag
It's a breathing museum, where you get to breathe along with stunning immersive textile light art.
59.3356, 18.0641
Knightstown, Indiana
The Hoosier Gym
A real small-town gym became the unforgettable home court of the Hickory Huskers in “Hoosiers.”
39.8000, -85.5247
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Schaduwkade
A series of markers along one side of an Amsterdam canal memorialize the Jewish residents from the other side who died in the Holocaust.
52.3650, 4.9037
Mobile, Alabama
Africatown Heritage House
Learn about the neighborhood founded by the last people ever brought to the United States by the Atlantic Slave Trade, still inhabited by their descendants.
30.7384, -88.0587
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rewind Wind Turbine Blade Benches
Sitting at the intersection of sustainability and street art, these repurposed wind turbine blades offer a colorful, "blade-made" tribute to circular design and LGBTQI+ pride in the heart of Rotterdam.
51.9103, 4.4825
Berlin, Germany
Hufeisensiedlung
In a quiet neighborhood in the south of Berlin is one of the most ambitious social housing experiments of the 20th century.
52.4480, 13.4496
Hastière, Belgium
Ancien Barrage Hastière
Two sections of the old dam that made it possible to tame the Meuse in Belgium in the 19th century.
50.2033, 4.8181
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
FAME Studios
A modest Alabama recording studio where some of music’s biggest voices found their sound.
34.7451, -87.6666
Kyoto, Japan
Seimei Shrine
A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.
35.0278, 135.7512
Peshtera, Bulgaria
Cars of Socialism Museum
A small, but very well curated, museum of cars, propaganda, and toys of socialist Bulgaria.
42.0310, 24.2991
Alcúdia, Spain
The Sculpture Garden of the Museo Sa Bassa Blanca
A playful symbiosis of art, nature, architecture, and garden design, a hidden gem off the beaten path
39.8430, 3.1788
New York, New York
Autophoto
Picture yourself in history with this working collection of vintage photobooths.
40.7195, -73.9898
Brownfield, Maine
The Daniel Bean Statue
One of the few Civil War monuments to honor a specific enlisted soldier.
43.9378, -70.9087
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