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8.2041, -12.0640
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51.2964, -0.7497
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Verona Leprosy House Ruins
42.9614, -89.5073
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Northamptonshire, England
Lyveden New Bield
The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.
52.4569, -0.5532
Kilkenny, Ireland
Jerpoint Abbey
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
52.5109, -7.1580
Ironbridge, England
The Iron Bridge
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
52.6272, -2.4855
Lourdes, France
Basilica of St. Pius X
Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.
43.0974, -0.0546
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
51.5168, -0.1176
West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Loch Lomond
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
56.0453, -4.5356
Edinburgh, Scotland
Old Calton Cemetery
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
55.9537, -3.1859
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
Eaglehawk Neck Tessellated Pavement
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
-43.0143, 147.9247
Port Arthur, Australia
Port Arthur Penal Colony
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
-43.1471, 147.8426
Kerry, Ireland
Gallarus Oratory
This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.
52.1728, -10.3493
Wiltshire, England
Stonehenge
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
51.1797, -1.8265
Congleton, England
Little Moreton Hall
This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.
53.1272, -2.2517
Vienna, Austria
Naturhistorisches Museum
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
48.2057, 16.3606
Vienna, Austria
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
48.2060, 16.3673
Nice, France
La Tete Carrée Library
This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.
43.7030, 7.2791
West Bathurst, Australia
Big Gold Panner
Hopefully inspecting his tin pan for little nuggets of gold.
-33.4167, 149.5667
Hillvue, Australia
Big Golden Guitar
Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.
-31.1298, 150.9208
Goulburn, Australia
Big Merino
Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.
-34.7737, 149.6914
Coffs Harbour, Australia
Big Banana
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
-30.2747, 153.1339
Bowenfels, Australia
Big Miner's Lamp
Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.
-33.4780, 150.1357
Sydney, Australia
Waverley Cemetery
A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.
-33.9073, 151.2642
Sydney, Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
-33.8646, 151.2198
Millers Point, Australia
Sydney Observatory
This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
-33.8596, 151.2047
Melbourne, Australia
Phar Lap
Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.
-37.8034, 144.9721
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