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ACReynard

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Writer, travel bug bite victim, archaeologist, baking fiend, lych gate enthusiast

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House of the Gladiators

Episkopi, Cyprus

House of the Gladiators

A 3rd-century Roman villa in Kourion with one of the only mosaics in Cyprus to depict gladiators fighting by name.

The Red Cardinal Petroglyph

Phippsburg, Maine

Wild Bird Petroglyph

A collection of modern petroglyphs by artist Kevin Sudeith. Hate them or love them, but important to experience.

Automatons clock at Thornton’s Arcade

Leeds, England

The Ivanhoe Clock

Since 1877, the characters of Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” have been keeping time in this Leeds arcade.

Catwalk along the river

Hood River, Oregon

Hood River Pumping Station and Pipeline Trail

Raised catwalk walk through the trees alongside a river starting from an abandoned and colorful pumping station.

Wahpper: The World’s Largest Catfish

Wahpeton, North Dakota

Wahpper: The World’s Largest Catfish

A 5,000-pound fiberglass channel catfish perches on the banks of the Red River, occasionally taking a swim when spring floodwaters rise.

The stone in question.

Helsinki, Finland

The Fire Captain's Stone

Moved after its owner's death, this granite seat left the house with a haunting on its hands.

Prehistoric Crocodile Footprint

Kildonan, Scotland

Prehistoric Crocodile Footprint

Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".

The ahuehuete and Cerro de la Silla (Saddle Hill).

Monterrey, Mexico

Ahuehuete del Centenario

This great tree was gifted to Monterrey in 1996, the 400th anniversary of the city's foundation.

"Chapulín Calavera".

San Juan Bautista la Raya, Mexico

Art Exhibits at OAX Airport

It makes sense that this airport, serving one of Mexico's most artistic cities, also doubles as a gallery.

All paper.

Mexico City, Mexico

Papier-Mâché Altarpiece at Plaza Capuchinas

This altarpiece isn't a gilded baroque work taken from a church, but rather a recreation where everything (even the fence and lock) are made of paper and cardboard.

The Prince of the Lilies Fresco

Heraklion, Greece

The Prince of the Lilies Fresco

One of Minoan Crete's most famous images, a crowned, lily-adorned figure striding through a garden, was largely invented in the 1900s from a handful of surviving fragments, and archaeologists still argue about what it actually shows.

David Sassoon Clock Tower

Mumbai, India

David Sassoon Clock Tower

This slender 19th-century clock tower stands at the entrance of a famous garden and zoo.

The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski

Le Mans, France

The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski

A rainbow tunnel painted across three buildings and six storeys pulls a child (and every passerby) straight down the rabbit hole, ranked among the world's best murals the year it went up.

Palm Temple

Bristol, England

Palm Temple

This kaleidoscopic structure is perhaps Bristol’s most unusual temple

Liverpool’s First Enclosed Dock

Liverpool, England

Liverpool’s First Enclosed Dock

Hidden under a shopping centre is the genesis of modern Liverpool.

Durham Town Hall

Durham, England

Durham Town Hall

Discover the unique history of Durham from the 14th century to the present day.

The Peeping Tom of Tallinn

Tallinn, Estonia

The Peeping Tom of Tallinn

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

Buddhas

Hong Kong

Ten Thousand Buddhas ‘Monastery’

There are over 12,000 Buddha statues at this temple complex that has been mistakenly labeled a monastery.

A small square at Schnoor Quarter

Bremen, Germany

The Schnoor

This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.

Argyle Street Ash Tree, Glasgow, Tree of the Year.

Finnieston, Scotland

Argyle Street Ash Tree

A solitary arbor with a unique pedigree.

Moaning Caverns

Vallecito, California

Moaning Caverns

The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.

Poste Thiers

Nice, France

Poste Thiers

One of only a few red brick buildings in Nice.

Sunflower inspired by Marie Webster

Marion, Indiana

The Quilters Hall of Fame

Beautiful quilts displayed in the former home of a quilting pioneer.

Ebenezer Scrooge’s Gravestone

Shropshire, England

Ebenezer Scrooge’s Gravestone

A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”

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