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These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

Everything from alchemy books to building plans for the Eiffel Tower are housed inside this museum.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

This salt lake in South Australia features seasonal color changes and its very own loch monster.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.