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Lindsborg, Kansas
Swedish Phone Booth
A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."
38.5743, -97.6757
Douglas, Wyoming
Former World's Largest Jackalope
This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.
42.7594, -105.3841
Denver, Colorado
Meow Wolf Convergence Station
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
39.7408, -105.0157
Bozeman, Montana
American Computer Museum
See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.
45.6590, -111.0548
Three Forks, Montana
Bleu Horses
These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.
45.9788, -111.5962
Marco Island, Florida
Otter Mound Preserve
Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.
25.9116, -81.6980
Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
48.8343, 2.3322
London, England
Rolling Bridge
This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.
51.5184, -0.1747
London, England
Lock & Co.
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
51.5054, -0.1379
London, England
London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
51.5108, -0.0766
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Giant’s Causeway
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
55.2417, -6.5112
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
51.4966, -0.1765
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
51.5322, -0.1240
East Jerusalem, Israel
Western Wall Tunnel
Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.
31.7767, 35.2343
Masada, Israel
Masada
This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
31.3156, 35.3555
Acre, Israel
Rosh HaNikra Grottoes
The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.
33.0931, 35.1048
Saint Paul, Alberta
World's First UFO Landing Pad
Canadian centennial project designed to gather information about UFOs.
53.9914, -111.3051
Vegreville, Alberta
The Vegreville Pysanka
Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.
53.5000, -112.0663
Mundare, Alberta
The World's Largest Sausage
Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.
53.5910, -112.3364
Ma-Me-O Beach, Alberta
Pelican Island
Hundreds of pelicans call this island no larger than a car their home during the summer months.
52.9933, -113.9751
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
Elk Island National Park
Watch bison, elk, and other wild animals up close at this national park.
53.6076, -112.8619
Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta Railway Museum
Ride aboard a centuries-year-old steam engine and explore dozens of trains parts, including an unusual "comboose."
53.7023, -113.3823
Edmonton, Alberta
Garneau Theatre
This is one of the last remaining theatres in Canada to feature an Art Moderne architectural style.
53.5231, -113.5123
Edmonton, Alberta
'Let's Heal the Divide'
A 30-foot neon sign that embraces community togetherness.
53.5702, -113.4837
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