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Hultanäs, Sweden

Hultanäs Station

A little piece of railroad history preserved on a narrow-gauge railway
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Pune, India

Vesavar Art Gallery

A contemporary art space located within a charming hundred year old heritage building.
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Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy

Italo Calvino’s Grave

The final resting place of one of Italy’s most influential and imaginative writers.
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Bzovík, Slovakia

Pevnosť Bzovík

War-ravaged ruins of a Benedictine monastery founded in the early 12th century, later rebuilt into a fortress.
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Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich Horton Sphere

Abandoned 37.5' diameter rusted metal sphere sitting in the woods.
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Mathews, Virginia

Mathews Museum

A walk-through general store display reveals how community once functioned in rural coastal America.
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Marrakesh, Morocco

Maison Culturelle du Tapis

A unique museum focusing on the history of carpets and fabrics from different tribes and eras in Moroccan history.
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Bordeaux, France

‘Strange Fruit’

This striking sculpture was created in memory of enslaved people, acknowledging that the city of Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trade port.
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Hamburg, Germany

Hans Albers Monument Reliefs

Carved scenes of sex work and unglamorous labour beneath a cultural hero.
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Hong Kong

Lau Shui Heung Reservoir

This scenic reservoir is known colloquially as the “mirror of the sky.”
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Siem Reap, Cambodia

Vimean Sokha Museum

Holds a ton of antique electronics, clocks, cameras, motorbikes, and bicycles.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi

McRaven Tour Home

Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.
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Cave Creek, Arizona

Cave Creek Tubercular Cabin

The last such cabin in Arizona is a rare remnant of a bygone era of medical treatment.
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Hull, Massachusetts

Hull Lifesaving Museum

The original base for shipwreck rescues in Boston Harbor in the original Point Allerton Lifesaving Station opened in 1889.
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El Paso, Texas

Los Lagartos Statue

This statue is in the center of San Jacinto Plaza, commemorating the live alligator pond that once stood in the area.
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Pasadena, California

Neon Retro Arcade

A ticket to this nostalgia-soaked arcade comes with free play on more than 40 classic games.
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Oslo, Norway

Villa Stenersen

Take a guided tour at this tucked-away villa, which is an internationally recognized architectural gem.
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Nantwich, England

Nantwich Canal Aqueduct and Embankment

A Grade 2 cast-iron aqueduct, designed by Thomas Telford which links 2 halves of an enormous embankment.
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