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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
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Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
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Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
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Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Åkraberg, Sweden
Borrås Skåra
Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.
57.2627, 12.2387
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
The Drovers Inn
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
56.3285, -4.7223
Nardò, Italy
Monteruga Ghost Town
A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.
40.3534, 17.8453
Lincoln, England
The Lincoln Imp
Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.
53.2343, -0.5352
Erlach, Switzerland
St. Peter’s Island
The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”
47.0707, 7.1440
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971'
This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.
49.2830, -123.1080
Nteko, Zambia
Zwangendaba's Gravesite
A Zulu warrior is buried far from home, near the very northern border of Zambia.
-9.3167, 32.4861
Uppsala, Sweden
Uppland Runic Inscription 489
A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.
59.8576, 17.6313
Jinhua, China
ZJNU Museum of African Culture
A museum at a Chinese university is the first of its kind in the country.
29.1297, 119.6362
Uppsala, Sweden
Saint Erik's Spring
Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.
59.8587, 17.6344
Savoca, Italy
Bar Vitelli
A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."
37.9558, 15.3397
Candamo, Spain
Cueva de La Peña de Candamo
A prehistoric cave in Spain contains paintings dating back to the Ice Age.
43.4562, -6.0726
Brussels, Belgium
Musée des Égouts Bruxelles (Brussels Sewer Museum)
Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.
50.8446, 4.3389
Uppsala, Sweden
Runestone in Gamla Uppsala Church
This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.
59.8994, 17.6320
Oviedo, Spain
El Sidrón Neanderthal Bones
It's believed these prehistoric individuals were the victims of cannibalism.
43.3627, -5.8423
Borgholm N, Sweden
Neptuni Åkrar
An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.
57.3430, 17.0214
Kangaroo Island Council, Australia
Kangaroo Island Bee Sanctuary
An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.
-35.7752, 137.2142
Ödeshög V, Sweden
Alvastra Abbey
The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.
58.2967, 14.6584
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