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Ideals of the North Korean Workers' Party Monument

Pyongyang, North Korea

Ideals of the North Korean Workers' Party Monument

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

View from across the street.

Guelph, Ontario

The Petrie Building

This building's metal facade is the last of its kind in all of Canada.

North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall

North Pyongan Province, North Korea

North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

Ring of Life.

Fushun, China

Ring of Life

The massive steel ring looks like it could be China’s first Stargate.

Lifesize model of Allosaurus with the museum in the backdrop.

Colunga, Spain

Jurassic Museum of Asturias

A wonderful collection of fossilized dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed the landscape millions of years ago.

The Lady of Cerro de Los Santos

Madrid, Spain

The Lady of Cerro de los Santos

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

The three bulls of Costitx.

Madrid, Spain

Costitx Bulls

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

View of the whole set

Madrid, Spain

Altamira Cave Replica

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

Laws Spring engraving.

Williams, Arizona

Laws Spring

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.

Little Rock's legendary White Water Tavern.

Little Rock, Arkansas

White Water Tavern

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

Peace Hotel Jazz Bar

Shanghai, China

Peace Hotel Jazz Bar

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

Magicum.

Berlin, Germany

Magicum

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.

Abandoned military structure

Tahkuna, Estonia

Military Structures of Hiiumaa

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

St. Govan's chapel.

Pembroke, Wales

St. Govan's Chapel

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Wogan Cavern showing the entrance stairs and massive Norman-built wall.

Pembroke, Wales

Wogan Cavern

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

Stack Rock Fort

Milford Haven, Wales

Stack Rock Fort

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

Beauvoir

Biloxi, Mississippi

The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

Jericho of the New Testament & Uri, the Official Greeter.

Lucedale, Mississippi

Palestine Gardens

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

Starrett House.

Port Townsend, Washington

Starrett House

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

Castelo de Guimarães (Guimarães Castle)

Guimarães, Portugal

Castelo de Guimarães (Guimarães Castle)

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

At oven level. A narrow canal separates the banks.

Leetonia, Ohio

Leetonia Beehive Coke Ovens

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

Maryhill Burgh Halls

Glasgow, Scotland

Maryhill Burgh Halls

A community's effort restores the historical Maryhill Burgh Hall.

The view from suburbia.

Glasgow, Scotland

Temple Gasometers

These rusting, skeletal structures are monolithic monuments to Glasgow's industrial past

Inside the restaurant.

Lindesnes, Norway

Under

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

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