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A Coruña, Spain
Plaza Maria Pita
43.3710, -8.3965
An Nhon Bac, Vietnam
Phu Loc Champa Temple
13.9545, 109.0895
Hong Kong
Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance
22.2783, 114.1930
Durham, North Carolina
Durham Pump Station
36.0575, -78.9629
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Geneva, Florida
Geneva Bank Vault
From an earlier era, a small community was established and was prosperous but drifted away, leaving only the bank vault behind.
28.7990, -81.0678
Singapore
Forts of Sentosa
Forgotten forts that were pivotal in Singapore’s military history.
1.2502, 103.8332
Ash Fork, Arizona
Ash Fork Free Museum
A fantastic resource for information on both Route 66 and the local area.
35.2229, -112.4920
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alewife Garage Graffiti Gallery
A neglected and disused parking garage ramp has become home street artists to share their art.
42.3942, -71.1412
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana
The Transportation Camp
Over 70,000 prisoners were “transported” to a brutal life of forced labor in this French penal colony.
5.5048, -54.0319
Hamburg, Germany
Memorial to the Children of Bullenhuser Damm
A suburban monument preserves the faces of twenty murdered Jewish boys and girls.
53.6469, 9.9103
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Verloren Toren
Once a forgotten city-wall tower, now the centerpiece of an underground bicycle parking.
51.8457, 5.8626
Berlin, Germany
‘Make Art Not War’ Mural
An important message and optimistic splash of color in a troubled neighborhood.
52.4996, 13.3920
Mansfield, Connecticut
Alexander the Great Theatre
A 700+ seat, all-marble, classical-styled open-air amphitheater in northeast Connecticut.
41.8055, -72.2418
Madrid, Spain
Three Pieces of the Berlin Wall
Part of the wall is preserved in the aptly named Parque de Berlín in Madrid.
40.4504, -3.6758
Richland Township, Indiana
Tulip Trestle
Finished in December of 1906, it was the longest rail viaduct in the United States and the third longest of its kind in the world at that time.
39.0754, -86.8543
Singapore, Singapore
Samy's Curry Restaurant
One of Singapore's oldest Indian restaurants, specialising in Southern Indian cuisine.
1.3061, 103.8118
Mossel Bay, South Africa
Janine Iron and Washing Museum
A large collection of irons and washing machines dedicated to the memory of a lost daughter.
-34.1244, 22.1093
San Bruno, California
Hangry Planet
This place claims to be North America’s first vegan convenience store.
37.6363, -122.4215
Staten Island, New York
National Lighthouse Museum
This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.
40.6408, -74.0735
Berlin, Germany
Mäusebunker
Along the banks of the Teltow Canal in southwestern Berlin stands one of the city’s most controversial buildings, a hulking Brutalist laboratory that looks more like a warship than a research facility.
52.4366, 13.3169
Gothenburg, Sweden
The Devil on Linnégatan
A devilish mask still mocks a king’s rumored love nest across the street.
57.6977, 11.9516
Hong Kong
Sham Shui Po Public Dispensary
Is this Art Deco-style building the world’s prettiest methadone clinic?
22.3267, 114.1617
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