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Nice, France

A Sunday in Nice

A cast iron Fiat 500 sculpture overlooks the sea at Port Lympia.
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Visaginas, Lithuania

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Step inside a Soviet-designed nuclear power plant with RBMK reactors identical to the ones in Chernobyl.
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Fort Benton, Montana

The Spot Where The Governor Drowned

Thomas Francis Meagher drowned here in 1867, but whether his death was an accident or a murder, nobody knows.
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Prescott, Arizona

Granite Dells

A maze-like landscape of globular rocks surrounding two Arizona lakes.
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Potsdam, Germany

Altwarengeschäft Remlinger

A second hand shop that enabled the plan of Germany's most iconic conman.
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Brownsville, Oregon

The Living Rock Studios

A circular two-story museum built completely by hand with 800 tons of rock.
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Santa María del Tule, Mexico

Tree Shrine

In a town defined by its incredible trees, having a shrine in one just makes sense.
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Mapleton, Pennsylvania

Thousand Steps

Built into the side of Jack's Mountain, these steps were once the daily commute of local quarry-workers.
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Pastida, Greece

Eleousa (Campochiaro)

Former Italian settlement on the isle of Rhodes was a WWII command center before being abandoned.
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Laclede, Missouri

General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home

The beginnings of one of America's most famous military officers.
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Prague, Czechia

Můstek Bridge

The ruins of a medieval bridge are visible inside a Prague Metro station.
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Singapore

The Horse Shoe Block

One of Singapore’s few remaining building with a WWII air raid shelter.
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Berlin, Germany

Nightcaps

A series of sculptures, “sitting” directly on top of Berlin's existing street lamps, addressing the overlooked topic of urban light pollution.
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Graun im Vinschgau, Italy

Plamort Tank Trap

A 1930s defensive fortification designed to protect Italy from a German invasion.
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San Nicolas, Aruba

Red Anchor Memorial

This 15-foot red anchor sits on a rise overlooking the sea lanes of eastern Aruba.
Added by DenverApplehans
Norway

Andrée Strindberg Frænkel Memorial

Here ended one of the most ambitious North Pole expeditions in Arctic history.
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Wortham, Texas

Blind Lemon Jefferson’s Grave

Cemetery officials are finally seeing that the Father of Texas Blues’ grave is kept clean.
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London, England

Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

A Nile crocodile, a historic symbol of apothecaries, is among the fascinating collection.
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