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This island at Coburg Lake Reserve is home to a sizable, very visible colony of Australian white ibis.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

These pastel-colored homes were built when the island of Macau was a Portuguese colony.

One in a series of historical markers from the massive 19th-century undertaking to map all of India.

Known as the "Traitor's Gate."

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

One of the oldest bank museums in Europe showcases unusual currencies of the world and other money-related miscellanea.

The oldest library in Pune.

These animal carvings stand as representations of India and Britain.

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

This exhibit showcases the literary work of soldiers who suffered "shell shock" during World War I.

This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

A town's history displayed through a massive work of art.