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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
De Pere, Wisconsin
Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
44.4595, -88.2140
Luarca, Spain
Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
Mumbai, India
The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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Hassan, India
Manjarabad Fort
This is no regular fort! It’s a star.
12.9175, 75.7582
Hyderabad, India
Fish Building
The fin-tastically detailed headquarters of the National Fisheries Development Board.
17.3417, 78.4206
Ambleside, England
River Rothay Stepping Stones
These quaint stepping stones traverse the river that connects three of England’s most beautiful lakes.
54.4414, -2.9801
Indianapolis, Indiana
Benjamin Harrison Gravesite
Why would a Civil War general and president choose to be buried in a local Indianapolis graveyard and not Arlington National Cemetery?
39.8211, -86.1639
Hamburg, Germany
Waitzstraße
Dubbed Germany’s most accident-prone shopping street, this short stretch has seen around 30 cars crash into storefronts.
53.5599, 9.8867
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Bauvais-Amoureux House
Step inside one of America’s rare poteaux-en-terre French houses.
37.9740, -90.0408
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
This museum shaped like an inflating balloon celebrates the sport’s buoyant achievements.
35.1900, -106.5980
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Oldest Concrete Street in America
An Ohio man paved the way for the future of American transportation.
40.3604, -83.7598
Dioš, Croatia
Dioš Castle
Built in 1904 as a lavish gift for a daughter, it is one of Croatia's youngest and most architecturally unique castles, blending Art Nouveau with neo-Gothic elements.
45.6464, 17.2056
New York, New York
The Brill Building
Some of the world’s most popular songs came out of this building.
40.7611, -73.9845
Seville, Spain
‘Alicia’
This giant sculpture recalls a famous passage from “Alice in Wonderland.”
37.3986, -6.0079
Warsaw, Poland
Metroteka
This alluring underground library, hidden in a suburban Metro station, features a Space Age aesthetic and its own hydroponic garden.
52.2921, 21.0506
Kobe, Japan
Juchheim
This Western confectionery in Kobe made the German tree stump cake into a Japanese staple.
34.6887, 135.1892
Brussels, Belgium
‘Moment - Point Zéro’
This conceptual artwork might be the most disappointing attraction in Brussels.
50.8544, 4.3387
Spello, Italy
Villa Pandolfi Elmi
A chapel where women can demand their true love.
42.9864, 12.6794
Brisbane, Australia
John Mills Himself
This businessman wanted to make a name for himself (and no one else).
-27.4717, 153.0255
Put-In-Bay, Ohio
Ruins of the Hotel Victory
What was one of the largest hotels in the country burned to the ground in a tragic fire.
41.6453, -82.8385
Seville, Spain
Colombus’s Ombú
This tree, over 500 years old, was planted by Columbus’s son.
37.3980, -6.0081
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