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41.3428, -88.1340
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37.6177, -89.2088
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40.3824, -87.9510
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37.5179, -88.4620
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Paarl, South Africa
Afrikaans Language Monument
The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.
-33.7661, 18.9433
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.
7.2931, 80.6372
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Sigiriya
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
7.9500, 80.7500
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
40.8055, -73.9652
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