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Muang Ngoi Neua

Muang Ngoy, Laos

Muang Ngoi Neua

A quaint village where bomb casings from the Second Indochina War have been repurposed into mundane objects.

Tat Kuang Si Bear Rescue Centre

Ban Long, Laos

Tat Kuang Si Bear Rescue Centre

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

Electric lights illuminate the path
Permanently Closed

Luang Prabang, Laos

Bamboo Bridges of Luang Prabang

These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.

Kuang Si Waterfalls

Ban Long, Laos

Kuang Si Waterfalls

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Wat Rong Khun

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Wat Rong Khun

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Baan Dam (Black House)

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Baan Dam (Black House)

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Pak Ou's Caves

Pak Ou, Laos

Pak Ou's Caves

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

View of the Pura Dalem temple

Ubud, Indonesia

Sacred Monkey Forest (Mandala Wisata Wenara Wana)

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The Big Oyster in Taree, Australia.

Taree, Australia

Big Oyster

Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.

Big Avocado. (Wikimedia Commons)

Duranbah, Australia

Big Avocado

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

Memorial to Hector Vasyli on the southern abutment of the old Victoria Bridge in Brisbane.

Brisbane, Australia

Hector Vasyli Memorial

A nearly lost tribute to an 11-year-old boy killed during a World War I homecoming parade.

Streets Beach

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

The Draughtsman-Writer

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Maillardet's Automaton

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Tiffany Glass Mural

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tiffany Glass Mural ‘The Dream Garden’

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Elfreth's Alley

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Elfreth's Alley

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The Barnes Foundation

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Barnes Foundation

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Sculpted figures lounge in the Swann Memorial Fountain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Swann Memorial Fountain

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

'Man/Woman'

Baltimore, Maryland

'Man/Woman'

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

George Peabody Library

Baltimore, Maryland

George Peabody Library

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Canada's Smallest Library

Cardigan, Prince Edward Island

Canada's Smallest Library

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

Ice cream cone from the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.

New York, New York

Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

MoMath -  The Museum of Mathematics

New York, New York

MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

The New York Earth Room

New York, New York

The New York Earth Room

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

Hess' Triangle

New York, New York

Hess Triangle

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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