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Bronze casts of where the Beatles sat

Plymouth, England

Beatle Bums

The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.

Gustav Mahler Statue

Dobbiaco, Italy

Gustav Mahler Statue

This statue of the legendary Austrian composer is hidden in the center of an Italian town.

CopenHill

Copenhagen, Denmark

CopenHill

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

Hakone Sekisho

Hakone, Japan

Hakone Checkpoint

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

Hofmann Tower.

Lyons, Illinois

Hofmann Tower

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

Hohokam pithouse outline.

Tucson, Arizona

Fort Lowell

Visitors to this public park will also find the ruins of an old western fort.

Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi

Lepakshi, India

Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi

Inside a beautiful Indian temple is a seemingly magical floating pillar that doesn't touch the ground.

One face of the Tobin monument

Fairfax, Virginia

Thompson Family Cemetery

A graveyard that dates back over 200 years stands near a busy shopping center.

2017 reenactment of the battle.

Almansa, Spain

Battle of Almansa Museum

Commemorating a battle where French troops were commanded by an Englishman, and English troops by a Frenchman.

Sibebe Rock

Mbabane, Eswatini

Sibebe Rock

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.

A fisherman searches for a catch in his athapum.

Manipur, India

Loktak Lake

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

Blast Furnace No. 2

Sagunt, Spain

Blast Furnace No. 2

The last of three massive blast furnaces that were once at the foundation of the Port of Sagunto economy.

The house sits on a thin sandbar off the Florida coast.

Stuart, Florida

Gilbert’s Bar House of Refuge

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

Vicars' Close

Somerset, England

Vicars' Close

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Sun setting on a cloudy day.

Lindon, Colorado

Abbott Church

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

View from center field

Mobile, Alabama

Stan Galle Field

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Inside the Arctic Club

Seattle, Washington

The Arctic Club

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Under-the-Hill Saloon

Natchez, Mississippi

Under-the-Hill Saloon

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Laura Smith Haviland Statue.

Adrian, Michigan

Laura Smith Haviland Statue

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

The Headless Empress
Permanently Closed

Fort-de-France, Martinique

The Headless Empress

On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.

'Web Frame'

Tokyo, Japan

'WEB FRAME'

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

The ruins-inspired playground.

Tokyo, Japan

Omori Shell Mound

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

Polar Bears Memorial

Troy, Michigan

Polar Bears Memorial

This monument commemorates the only American soldiers to have directly fought Russians during World War I.

Kawaramachi Housing Complex

Kawasaki, Japan

Kawaramachi Housing Complex

This Metabolist, retro-futuristic residential complex resembles a cyberpunk space colony established on Earth.

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