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Camden, New Jersey

Walt Whitman's Grave

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.
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Petoskey, Michigan

Lake Michigan Crucifix

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.
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Mexico City, Mexico

Monumento a la Revolución

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.
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Baginton, England

Lunt Roman Fort

This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.
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Edinburgh, Scotland

Tweeddale Court

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.
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Harrogate, England

Abandoned Scar House Village

The remains of a remote village that once housed over 1,200 dam workers and their families.
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London, England

The Mount

The remains of a historic football stadium that once hosted 50,000 spectators.
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Hawthorne, California

SpaceX Space Cheese

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.
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Florence, Italy

Cimitero delle Porte Sante (Sacred Doors Cemetery)

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
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Hacienda Heights, California

Hsi Lai Temple

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.
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Bonampak, Mexico

Murals of Bonampak

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.
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North Webster, Indiana

The Dixie Sternwheeler

Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.
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London, England

London's Rose-Ringed Parakeets

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
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Cashel, Ireland

Hore Abbey

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

WaldMenschen Sculpture Trail

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.
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Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Gary Gygax Memorial

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.
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Ronda, Spain

Central Electric Ruins

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.
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Velha Goa, India

Church of St. Cajetan

The last remaining colonial-era Italian church in Old Goa.
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