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Holy Hill.

Hubertus, Wisconsin

Holy Hill

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

Detail of the engraved bone.

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

Frieze of Lions

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.

View of the museum ground floor with mammoth skeleton in the foreground.

Lille, France

Lille Natural History Museum

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

Stone Church Fish-and-Chips Shop

Port Pirie, Australia

Stone Church Fish-and-Chips Shop

Worship at the altar of seafood at this shop housed inside the town's oldest stone church.

Tanggula Railway Station

Naqu, Tibet

Tanggula Railway Station

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

The phone of the wind.

Otsuchi, Japan

Wind Telephone

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.