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An impressive piece of infrastructure that seems outsized when considering it serves an island with a population of less than 300.

This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

A collective artwork that any visitor to the islands of Barra and Vatersay can add to.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

Although it appears much older, this castle-like tower is actually a Georgian-era folly.

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

A series of modernist, abstract sculptures form a route created as part of the 1968 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

Likely the first car with an internal combustion engine constructed in the United Kingdom.

These sailing ship-shaped chandeliers are believed to have been a gift inspired by faith.

These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

This monument marking the center of Mexico might be more political than geographical.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

This memorial was raised in honor of a group of workers heavily impacted by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

The entrance to an early 20th-century cultural center features murals that deal with the cultural fusion that characterizes Mexico.

The history of this Moorish castle includes royals, a Mexican-Spanish association, and several attempts at lodging.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

This museum dedicated to cartography is housed in a former 17th-century convent.

The former home of surrealist Edward James, who gave Xilitla its main attraction.

One of the oldest and largest Buddhist structures in the Americas, located in a peaceful forest outside Mexico City.

This specimen of Mexico's national tree is now central to religious pilgrimage and rituals.