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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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Glenside, Pennsylvania
Grey Towers Castle
Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.
40.0926, -75.1639
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Lake Havasu Lighthouses
More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.
34.4625, -114.3482
Richmond, Australia
Pooseum
A small museum dedicated to taking the taboo out of all things related to poo.
-42.7374, 147.4341
Sheffield, England
'Allen the Peregrine Falcon'
This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.
53.3814, -1.4816
Boston, Massachusetts
The Footlight Club
America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.
42.3104, -71.1160
Kyoto, Japan
Sagano Scenic Railway
A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.
35.0186, 135.6808
Mantua, Italy
Isola dei Fiori di Loto (Lotus Island)
In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.
45.1617, 10.7363
Pianoro, Italy
La Balena della Val di Zena
A great white whale sculpture now sits in the location where the remains of a prehistoric cetacean were found.
44.3608, 11.3744
Banaue, Philippines
Batad Rice Paddies
These tiered rice paddies were carved into the hillsides 2,000 years ago.
16.9347, 121.1354
Tønsberg, Norway
Capitoline Wolf Statue
A statue that would be at home in Rome can instead be found in the heart of Norway's oldest city.
59.2673, 10.4132
Paris, France
Wall of The Drunken Boat
A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.
48.8497, 2.3340
Brandywine, Maryland
McKendree Cemetery
This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.
38.6867, -76.9120
Cheb, Czechia
Wallenstein's Death Room
The room where the famous commander of the Catholic forces was murdered by Irish assassins during the Thirty Years' War has been reconstructed with many of his original possessions.
50.0802, 12.3702
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Frazetta Art Museum
The largest collection of Frazetta originals in the world.
41.0330, -75.1395
Ocean City, Maryland
1912 Herschell-Spillman Carousel
One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.
38.3269, -75.0883
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Saint John Maroon Church
One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.
8.4858, -13.2367
Gloucester, England
Gloucester Waterways Museum
This fantastic museum honors Gloucester waterway heritage.
51.8618, -2.2526
Maitland, Florida
Art & History Museums of Maitland
This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.
28.6261, -81.3675
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