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Jihad Museum

Herat, Afghanistan

Jihad Museum

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone

Concord, New Hampshire

Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

(Flickr/jon|k)

Dunseith, North Dakota

W'eel Turtle

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

(Flickr/DrJohnBullas)

Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Diavik Diamond Mine

Ice roads, deep holes and 3,500 pounds of diamonds.

(Flickr/Erik B)

Anton Valley, Panama

Valley of Square Trees

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

Up House - 2015

Herriman, Utah

The "Up" House

A replica that won't float away.

Justizzentrum Leoben

Leoben, Austria

Justizzentrum Leoben

Austria's 5-star prison.

Moai at the airport

Rapa Nui, Chile

Mataveri International Airport

The world's most remote airport.

(Flickr/Shorizo izo)

La Paz, Bolivia

Museo de la Coca

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

Jesus' footprints in the basilica

Rome, Italy

The Catacombs of San Sebastian

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

(Flickr/Trip Deezil)

Alexandria, Minnesota

Kensington Runestone

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

HAMAD as seen from space (Ashok's Blog)
Permanently Closed

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hamad in the Sand

Billionaire's mark on the earth.

A Viking statue in Gimli commemorates the area's Icelandic heritage.

Gimli, Manitoba

New Iceland

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

(Flickr/Jay Hariani)

Mumbai, India

Antilia

World's most expensive home.

Tugboat Graveyard

Staten Island, New York

Tugboat Graveyard

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

Close view of garden gnome in flower bed

Loddington, England

Lampy the Garden Gnome

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.

Record-breaking shoes on display in Marikina (Pinoy Records)

Marikina, Philippines

World's Largest Shoes

Marikina's record-breaking loafers.

American pilots at Wheelus Air Base in 1963, six years before Gaddafi took control (Flickr/Kemon01)

Tripoli, Libya

Wheelus Air Base

70 years of foreign military influence on the shores of Tripoli, Libya.

A lane of signs in the forest

Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Walls cut through the vegetation in Ston. (Saskia van de Nieuwenhof/Flickr)

Ston, Croatia

Walls of Ston

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

The carving of the horseman. (Gerhard Palnstorfer/Flickr)

Kaspichan, Bulgaria

Madara Rider

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

Items for sale in a blue alley in Chefchaouen. (magda-maciek/Flickr)

Chefchaouen, Morocco

Chefchaouen

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Corridors filled with wine in the Golden Collection. (vonlohmann/Flickr)

Milestii Mici, Moldova

Mileștii Mici

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

Swirling keys on Mortillaro's shop. (acetonic/Flickr)

New York, New York

Greenwich Locksmith

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

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