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Lenexa, Kansas

Lake Lenexa Dam and Spillway

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.
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Kamakura, Japan

Prince Morinaga's Dungeon

The alleged site of the months-long imprisonment of a Japanese prince.
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Stavanger, Norway

Stavanger Astronomical Society Observatory

Peer into the night sky with one of Norway's oldest associations of land-based space explorers.
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Køge, Denmark

Køge Huskors Memorial

This marker commemorates a long-lasting historical haunting and demonic possession that led to one of Denmark's worst witch trials.
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Brussels, Belgium

Autoworld

From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.
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Bontoc, Philippines

Alab Petroglyphs

Engravings of penises and vaginas on a boulder in the Philippines dates local tribal history back to the Bronze Age.
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Zurich, Switzerland

Ehgraben (Medieval Sewage Ditch)

Use a key to unlock this medieval sewer tunnel.
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Tuzluca, Turkey

Tuzluca Salt Mines

A former salt mine is now a cool picnic spot for families and asthmatics.
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Lisbon, Portugal

Church of St. Dominic

The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.
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Miami, Florida

'Dollar a Gallon III'

This sculpture in the Miami Design District is one of the few public works of Virgil Abloh, an internationally recognized fashion designer and creative.
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Colnbrook, England

The Ostrich Inn

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Miyoshi, Japan

Miyoshi Mononoke Museum

A collection of nearly 5,000 yokai-themed toys, sculptures, and more, dating from the 1700s to the present day.
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Bath, Maine

Bath-Tsugaru Torii Gate

Maine's only authentic torri gate celebrates a longstanding international relationship that started with the rescue of four sailors.
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Quesnel Forks, British Columbia

Quesnel Forks

A lonely cemetery holds the history of a gold mining town turned ghost town.
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Rumford, Maine

Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.
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Isle of Wight, England

Ventnor Winter Gardens

In the 1930s, people used to take boats from the mainland to see this Art Deco venue.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Extinct Bird Hall

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.
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Lewes, England

The Lewes Shark Weather Vane

This toothy tower topper commemorates a valuable shark that washed ashore nearby.
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Kamakura, Japan

Kamakura Carnival Mural

This frenetic mural recalls an annual festival that once took the city by storm.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Isle of Wight, England

Longshoreman's Museum

An unusual seafront museum hides behind an unassuming Ventnor giftshop.
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Tainan City, Taiwan

Tainan Confucius Temple

The first Confucian temple in Taiwan, founded by the son of a pirate lord, doubled as the island's first state-sponsored school.
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Karrebæksminde, Denmark

Græshoppebroen (Grasshopper Bridge)

This distinctive bug-like bridge is made of recycled horseshoes.
Johan SWE Added by Johan SWE
Seborga, Italy

Principality of Seborga

This small village claims to be independent from Italy because it was left out when the nation was unified.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Green Island, Taiwan

Green Island Lighthouse

An American lighthouse stands on an island cliffside in Taiwan.
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