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Living in Ottawa, Canada and trying to get to know our wondrous world, one place at a time.

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The Musem of disAbility History
Permanently Closed

Buffalo, New York

Museum of disABILITY History

Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.

Randyland, Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Randyland

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Hindu burning ghats along the banks of the sacred Ganges River in Varanasi.

Varanasi, India

Cremation Ghats of Varanasi

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

Golden Temple

Amritsar, India

Golden Temple

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

A statue in Okunoin Cemetery. (Wikimedia Commons)

Koya, Japan

Okunoin Cemetery

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden (The Great Buddha Hall)

Nara, Japan

Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden (The Great Buddha Hall)

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The Great Buddha of Kamakura

Kamakura, Japan

The Great Buddha of Kamakura

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Fountain of the Fallen Angel

Madrid, Spain

Fountain of the Fallen Angel

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

The Volcan de Lodo El Totumo

Santa Catalina, Colombia

The Volcan de Lodo El Totumo

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Monument to the Indigenous People

Santiago, Chile

Monument to the Indigenous People

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

(Flickr/Shorizo izo)

La Paz, Bolivia

Museo de la Coca

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

Root Cellars of Elliston

Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador

Root Cellars of Elliston

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

Terry Fox, dipping his leg into the Atlantic Ocean.

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Marathon of Hope Mile 0

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

San Bernardino alle Ossa

Milan, Italy

San Bernardino alle Ossa

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Ollantaytambo Ruins

Ollantaytambo, Peru

Ollantaytambo Ruins

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Olympic champion Jesse Owens

Cleveland, Ohio

Jesse Owens Statue

A bronze monument to Cleveland's favorite, fastest son.

The Life of Christ (1990) by Keith Haring

San Francisco, California

AIDS Interfaith Memorial Chapel

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Museo Botero

Bogotá, Colombia

Museo Botero

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Old Slave Mart

Charleston, South Carolina

Old Slave Mart

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Haymarket Square

Chicago, Illinois

Haymarket Square

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

The School Where Germany Surrendered

Reims, France

The School Where Germany Surrendered

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

Just your average rowing practice beneath dangling cars

Portugalete, Spain

Vizcaya Bridge

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

The Diefenbunker

Ottawa, Ontario

The Diefenbunker

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

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