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England

Highwayman Higgins’ House

The genteel home of a charming thief who fooled a town, and almost cheated death.
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Easton, England

Pirates Graves, Portland

Amid the ruins of a church on the British island of Portland, a surprising symbol among the headstones.
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Wolverhampton, England

Bargain Stone

A mysterious churchyard stone with a peculiar hole was once used to seal market transactions.
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Luddesdown, England

The Lost Village of Dode

A haunted medieval church, a ceremonial stone circle, and a burial ground are all that's left of this community lost to the Black Death.
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Las Vegas, Nevada

Golden Tiki

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.
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Darfield, England

Maurice Dobson Museum & Heritage Centre

A local museum dedicated to the history of village life in Darfield.
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Ivinghoe, England

The Ivinghoe Fire Hook

Before firefighters, villagers relied on this simple hook to save their thatched cottages from a fiery doom.
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Stockholm, Sweden

Kungstornen

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.
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London, England

'The World Turned Upside Down'

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.
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Leeuwin, Australia

Water Wheel - Cape Leeuwin

This water wheel turned to stone in a matter of decades.
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Saeul, Luxembourg

Old Watertrough of Stone

Resting peacefully between two majestically-slanted trees, this roadside water trough circulates water peacefully.
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Gotha, Florida

Bob Ross's Grave

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.
Added by sschmit2
Blantyre, Scotland

David Livingstone Statue

The only statue ever crafted by award-winning animator Ray Harryhausen.
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Denbigh, Wales

Maen Huail

Believed to be an execution site used by King Arthur after he was embarrassed.
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Guymon, Oklahoma

U.S. Route 412

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
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Manchester, England

'Journey'

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842
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Shrewsbury, England

Shrewsbury Prison

A prison with a more than 200-year history.
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Queens, New York

Wise Clock (Riis Park Memorial Clock)

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.
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Walney, England

Piel Island

On this small spit of land, the person who runs the public house is considered the King of Piel Island.
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Vienna, Austria

WIENXTRA-Spielebox

Journey through a mesmerizing array of board games inside this museum.
Added by JoRed
Amana, Iowa

High Amana General Store

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.
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Bratislava, Slovakia

Schöner Náci

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.
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London, England

Sotheby's Sekhmet

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.
AdOYo Added by AdOYo
Flagstaff, Arizona

Pluto Discovery Telescope

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab