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Berlin, Germany

Der Volkskammer

An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.
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Kyoto, Japan

Seimei Shrine

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.
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Potsdam, Germany

Elephant Tree

A tree meticulously shaped and trimmed into the shape of an elephant.
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Cape Town, South Africa

Civic Center Murals

A set of multi-story murals honor Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
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Cape Town, South Africa

Long March for Freedom

A collection of over 100 statues of people who fought for the freedom of South Africa.
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Nagasaki, Japan

Glover Garden

The oldest western-style houses in Japan are centered around the industrialist Thomas Glover.
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Mossel Bay, South Africa

Janine Iron and Washing Museum

A large collection of irons and washing machines dedicated to the memory of a lost daughter.
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Mossel Bay, South Africa

Point of Human Origin

A cave that was home to humans 160 thousand years ago.
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Swellendam, South Africa

Drostdy Museum

A museum complex showing 17th-century life in Swellendam.
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Leiden, Netherlands

Sieboldhuis

The west's first Japanese museum and the origin of East Asian studies.
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Osaka, Japan

Nobunaga Daimyōjin

A Japanese fertility god in the shape of a large phallus.
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Tokyo, Japan

Enkiri Enoki

A small shrine run entirely by vending machines.
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Hermanus, South Africa

Fernkloof Nature Reserve

The world’s most biodiverse place when it comes to plants.
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Cape Town, South Africa

Poolsmoor Prison Cantina

Breakfast and lunch in a canteen where the servers and kitchen staff are prison inmates.
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Cape Town, South Africa

Cecil Rhodes Plinth

The last remnant of a controversial statue at Cape Town University.
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Osaka, Japan

Organic Building

An office building covered from head to toe in over eighty variety of plants
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Himeji, Japan

Himeji Castle Shrine

A displaced shrine that was put back after a string of bad luck.
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Garching bei München, Germany

Garching Maypole

An enormous hand-carved and painted pole.
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Kyoto, Japan

Nintendo Headquarters

The home of Mario and his friends
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Brussels, Belgium

Neuhaus Chocolate Shop

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.
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Kyoto, Japan

Nyan-nyan-ji

A century-old house transformed into a cat temple by an artist.
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Berlin, Germany

Aufbau der Republik

One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.
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Itabashi City, Japan

Dagashiya Game Museum

This time capsule lets you enjoy decades-old Japanese arcade games.
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Nagasaki, Japan

Siebold Memorial Museum

A memorial to the man who brought Western medicine to Japan.
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