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Jon Opol

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I like off the beaten places and obscure stuff. Shuttling between NYC and Manila. Insta (IG): wanderjon

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The sitting room.

Brooklyn, New York

Bellocq Tea

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Gum Wall window ledge

Seattle, Washington

Gum Wall

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The Point Lobos Marine Exchange Lookout Station seen from the access road

San Francisco, California

Land’s End Octagon House

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

SS Ohioan Runs Aground

San Francisco, California

The Shipwrecks at Land's End

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Palazzo della Vittoria

Turin, Italy

Palazzo della Vittoria

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

Shabti figurines in the museum

Turin, Italy

Egyptian Museum of Turin

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

Kampong Ayer.

Kampung Lupak Luas, Brunei

Kampong Ayer

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

The Royal Regalia Museum

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

The Royal Regalia Museum

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

(Flickr/rwoan)

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Hang Jebat's final resting place.

Malacca, Malaysia

Hang Jebat Mausoleum

A mausoleum dedicated to a warrior felled by misplaced loyalty and tragic circumstances.

Umbrella Trees in Little India.
Permanently Closed

Singapore

Umbrella Trees

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

These things might prove useful.
Permanently Closed

Singapore

Sungei Road Thieves Market

A licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.

BooksActually
Permanently Closed

Singapore

BooksActually

An independent bookstore and press with a large collection of local and English-language literature.

Green lights at Mäster Samuelsgatan and Drottninggatan

Stockholm, Sweden

Samkönade Trafikljusen

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

Scaligero Castle of Sirmione

Sirmione, Italy

Scaligero Castle

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

A relief of surgical instruments.

Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt

Temple of Kom Ombo

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

Nike Art Gallery

Lekki, Nigeria

Nike Centre for Art and Culture

Not your average art gallery, this massive center hosts 8,000 works from artists across Africa—and it’s free to the public.

Zuma Rock

Abuja, Nigeria

Zuma Rock

This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.

Rat Rock in Morningside Heights

New York, New York

Rat Rock in Morningside Heights

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

Nicholas Roerich Museum

New York, New York

Nicholas Roerich Museum

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

The bronze Hiroshima survivor in front of the New York Buddhist Church. (paranoidnotandroid/Flickr)

New York, New York

Shinran Statue

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

Polly Woodside

South Wharf, Australia

Polly Woodside

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

Fruit Bat!

Fairfield, Australia

Fruit Bats of Yarra Bend Park

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

Boat dweller wearing a traditional hat
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Hong Kong

Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter

A small subculture of boat dwellers keep their traditional way of living alive at this Hong Kong Typhoon Shelter.

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