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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
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Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Bruges, Belgium
Frietmuseum
Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.
51.2110, 3.2240
Madrid, Spain
'Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)'
This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."
40.4138, -3.6921
Sunderland, England
National Glass Centre
A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.
54.9146, -1.3724
New Zealand
Kapiti Island Nature Reserve
Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.
-40.8338, 174.9473
TĂ rbena, Spain
Tarbena
After the Moriscos, the descendents of the former Muslim population, were expelled from Spain this empty village was re-populated by families of sausage makers from the island of Mallorca.
38.6936, -0.1025
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pizza Brain's Museum of Pizza Culture
Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.
39.9807, -75.1281
SĂ£o Paulo, Brazil
Monumento MĂ£e Preta
This somber statue remembers the enslaved women who were forced to nurse their owners' babies.
-23.5429, -46.6383
Suiderstrand, South Africa
Wreck of the Meisho Maru No. 38
All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.
-34.8298, 19.9840
Yangon, Myanmar
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Myanmar's beautiful cemetery for Allied soldiers who perished during World War II.
17.0362, 96.1322
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Calle 25 de Enero
These red and black houses were awarded to the firefighters who saved their city from an enormous blaze.
18.0115, -66.6223
Bardon, Australia
Logical Unsanity Books & Miscellaneous Phantasmagoria
This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.
-27.4596, 152.9758
Bears, Netherlands
Uniastate Bears
This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.
53.1557, 5.7330
Southampton, England
Marine Air Terminal Ruins
The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.
50.8949, -1.4042
Bjarnarhöfn, Iceland
Bjarnarhöfn Shark Museum
At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.
64.9978, -22.9635
Tula, Mexico
Tula Giants
These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.
20.0642, -99.3404
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Mosaic School
Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.
41.9944, -87.6596
Shelby, Michigan
Cherry Point Farm and Market Lavender Labyrinth
A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.
43.6325, -86.5176
Roslyn, Washington
Roslyn Cemetery
Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.
47.2198, -121.0014
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