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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Krokodil im Kanal

Local legend of a lurking canal crocodile takes on a life of its own with this sculpture.
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Barcelona, Spain

Bar Marsella

A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Freiburg Breadmeasures

A set of 13th and 14th century standardized bread measures.
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Port Townsend, Washington

Fire Bell Tower

Built in 1890, this is the last remaining wooden fire bell tower in the United States.
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Osaka, Japan

Bone Buddhas at Isshin-ji Temple

This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.
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Mexico City, Mexico

Rectoría del Señor de La Humildad (Manzanares Chapel)

Mexico City’s smallest church, designed as a miniature cathedral and visited mainly by robbers and prostitutes.
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Mesquite, Nevada

Airmail Arrow #32 LA-SL

A concrete arrow from a 1920s airmail navigation network.
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South Pasadena, California

South Pasadena Historical Museum

This building has lived several lives and now houses the history of South Pasadena.
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Palermo, Italy

Palazzina Cinese

This palace offers an 18th-century European take on Chinese design and architecture.
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London, England

Victorian Penny Chute

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.
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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Hovenring

A first-of-its-kind circular bridge for cyclists.
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Nagasaki, Japan

Confucius Shrine in Nagasaki

This ornate example of 19th-century Chinese architecture is one of only a handful of Confucius shrines in Japan.
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Oost-, West- en Middelbeers, Netherlands

Imitation Airfield

This fake airfield was built as a decoy to protect a real airport from the Allied Forces.
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Rome, Italy

Fontana della Terrina

When this 400-year-old fountain fell into disrepair, officials covered the mess up with what looks like a giant soup tureen.
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Luxor, Egypt

Deir el-Medina

The ancient village known as Set Maat, or the 'Place of Truth,' located on this site served as a hub for intellectual and artistic endeavors.
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Izumi, Japan

Kuwabara Thunder Well

Electricians pray for luck at this place where, according to legend, the god of thunder was once trapped.
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Toucheng, Taiwan

Lanyang Museum

With a design inspired by the local cuesta rock formations, this museum serves as a gateway to Yilan’s history and geography.
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Phoenix, Arizona

Don Parks’ Yard of Statues and Stuff

Phoenix man has two yards full of vintage signs and antiques.
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Écaussinnes, Belgium

‘Bonhomme de Fer’ (‘The Iron Man’)

This human-shaped statue is actually a geodesic station.
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Las Vegas, Nevada

‘The Big Piece’

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.
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Higashimurayama, Japan

Ken Shimura Statue

This statue of what appears to be a feudal lord is actually a tribute to Japan's most beloved comedian.
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Sandur, Faroe Islands

Gróthúsvatn’s Witch Rock

Every summer, women from this small Faroese island cover this specific stone with knitted graffiti.
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Enggor, Malaysia

Victoria Bridge

The oldest railway bridge in Malaysia.
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Osaka, Japan

Tomb of the Nue

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.
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