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Los Angeles, California
Sunken City
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
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New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
3
Union, Connecticut
Traveler Restaurant
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
The bar still stands.
4
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
The Wall of the Dolls.
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Milan, Italy
The Wall of the Dolls
This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.
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Gardners, Pennsylvania
Appalachian Trail Museum
A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.
The Hoff shrine
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Berlin, Germany
David Hasselhoff Museum
What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.
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Buckinghamshire, England
Dockey Wood Bluebells
Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.
9
Los Angeles, California
Global Effects, Inc.
Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.
Island Lamp at night, intersection of Madison Road and Edwards Road
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Yellow Lamps
An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.
Overview
11
Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb's Museum of Broken Relationships
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox, Bemidji
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Bemidji, Minnesota
Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
South River Vineyard at sunset
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Geneva, Ohio
South River Vineyard
When a guy acquired a free church, he hauled it away piece-by-piece to make it the tasting hall at his vineyard.
14
Fremont, Michigan
National Baby Food Festival
Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.
2 Celled Jail
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Gardner, Illinois
2 Celled Jail
This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.
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How this Kentucky city fueled the imagination of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Jump Shots at 6,000 Feet: Inside Oaxaca's Love of Hoops

Every year, thousands of Indigenous athletes flock to a small mountain town for "el honor del competir."
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Western Winter: Your Guide to Colorado’s Cowboy Culture

Travel back to a time when flurries fell upon the open range and cowboys roamed the snowy hills.
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Inside the Japanese-American Farm Preserving Endangered Fruit

How one family turned their peach orchard into a rallying cry for saving heirloom flavors and building community.
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Make 'Travel Cake' for Your Next Journey

There's a whole world of creative ways to take food on the road.
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How a 'Puffling Patrol' Protects Iceland’s Puffin Babies

On the small island of Heimaey, young volunteers help out disoriented baby birds.
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In This Beautiful Library, Bats Guard the Books

The winged residents have been lurking in the stacks since the 18th century.
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Foraging for America's Forgotten Fruit

A guide to finding, prepping, and enjoying the pawpaw.
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How Cold War Spying From Space Connected the Galaxy to Utah

NASA and the private space sector are now turning to technology used for a top-secret 1960s mission.
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How Camera Traps Capture Rare Wildlife Candids

Researchers use camera traps to answer serious and silly questions.
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Inside the World’s Largest Two-Headed Calf Collection

A San Francisco collector's unlikely herd of taxidermy cows will have you seeing double.
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How an Army of 'Stork Sisters' Protects Assam's Endangered, Muppet-like Birds

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Christmas Monsters: Our Favorite Reads

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A Friendlier Form of Bullfighting in the 'Wild West' of France

Straddling sport and spectacle, the <em>course camarguaise</em> puts humans and animals on equal footing.
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