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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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Boulder, Colorado
The Architect's Daughter at First United Methodist
When this 160-year-old church was being built, a stonemason included a hidden homage to his late daughter.
40.0198, -105.2774
Manchester, England
Sifters Record Shop
This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.
53.4213, -2.2168
Duffus, Scotland
Sculptor's Cave
A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.
57.7188, -3.3867
Bedford, Virginia
National D-Day Memorial
This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.
37.3305, -79.5359
Stockholm, Sweden
DjurgĂ¥rden Anti-Tank Barrier
Not far from the busy city lie these remains of a time when the world was on fire.
59.3597, 18.0644
Comfort, Texas
The Cartoon Saloon
A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.
29.9972, -98.8310
San Francisco, California
Vedanta Society's Old Temple
Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.
37.7981, -122.4343
Rocky River, Ohio
Yorkie Doodle Dandy Memorial
Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.
41.4673, -81.8359
El Hierro, Spain
Monumento a la Sabina de El Hierro
Windswept juniper trees resemble surrealistic artwork, however, this juniper is actually a work of art.
27.7947, -17.8969
Tempe, Arizona
Guadalupe Cemetery
A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.
33.3824, -111.9557
Troy, New York
'House of Aldus'
This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.
42.7280, -73.6920
Port Logan, Scotland
Port Logan Fish Pond
The oldest natural aquarium in the United Kingdom.
54.7308, -4.9647
Belmonte, Portugal
Centum Cellas
This enigmatic Roman tower lurks just outside Belmonte.
40.3776, -7.3427
Alexandria, Virginia
Lieutenant General William C. Gribble Jr. Memorial
This marker at the entrance to the Humphreys Engineer Center honors the former Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.
38.7428, -77.1420
Hatsukaichi, Japan
Kiezu-no-hi (The Eternal Flame)
In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.
34.2783, 132.3197
Elgin, Nebraska
Bells of the Prairie
More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.
41.9792, -98.0849
Guadalajara, Mexico
Casa Reforma
Inside one of Guadalajara's oldest houses, you can find puppets and foam models of the city's missing buildings.
20.6802, -103.3487
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria Tide Lock Park
Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.
38.8148, -77.0380
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