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Michelle Cassidy

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Another view of the advertisement.

Skagway, Alaska

Kirmse’s Billboard

This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.

Rafael Villalobos relies on locally harvested grains for his superlative pastries.

Oaxaca, Mexico

Bodaega

This bakery forgoes industrial wheat in favor of locally harvested grains.

Original Dare Stone

Gainesville, Georgia

Dare Stones

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

The Chalet Cheese Co-Op is a venerable cheesemaking plant in the heart of Green County, Wisconsin.

Monroe, Wisconsin

Chalet Cheese Cooperative

Do you think your job stinks? Welcome to the only Limburger cheese plant in America.

This painting is from the "Art as Resistance" series by Mohammad Sabaaneh.

Washington, D.C.

Museum of the Palestinian People

This small museum is dedicated to telling the 4,000-year story of Palestinian history, culture, and resistance.

Geyser Lake

Aktash, Russia

Geyser Lake

Thermal springs at the bottom of this lake create beautiful blue circles of clay.

Gravity Research Foundation Monument

Tampa, Florida

Gravity Research Foundation Monument

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

A bridge at Fern Dell Nature Museum.

Los Angeles, California

Ferndell Nature Museum

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Pay your respects at the Thunder Well of Kuwabara.

Izumi, Japan

Kuwabara Thunder Well

Electricians pray for luck at this place where, according to legend, the god of thunder was once trapped.

This unusual linear clock shows the time all around the world.

London, England

The World Time Today

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

Inscription over a sacred niche at Jabal Ithlib.

Hegra, Saudi Arabia

Jabal Ithlib

Carved into a towering rock mountain in Al Ula, this once served as a religious and political center in Hegra.

Welcome to SMoMA.

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMoMA - The Snail Museum of Miniature Art

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

Akita Dog Visitor Center

Odate, Japan

Akita Dog Visitor Center

An Akita-themed facility modeled after the old Shibuya Station, erected in honor of Hachiko, a famously loyal dog.

Big Bovine of the Desert

Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Big Bovine of the Desert

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

These butterfly wings appear to burst from the wall.

Los Cerrillos, New Mexico

Museum of Encaustic Art

This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

The 5th floor, in 2008.

Holmdel, New Jersey

Bell Labs Holmdel Complex

The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.

Alison Reef, an atoll of Spratly Islands.

Spratly Islands

Spratly Islands

The most disputed archipelago in the world.

Smokey's Fan Mail, 1979.

Beltsville, Maryland

Smokey Bear Archive

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

The original “flame of knowledge” that once graced the Library of Congress and was replaced with facsimile in 1996.

Fort Meade, Maryland

Architect of the Capitol Archival Warehouse

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

Up Helly Aa

Lerwick, Scotland

Up Helly Aa

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

An easter egg through magnifying glass. The actual height is  4.5 mm, the beads 0.15-0.35 mm

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Russkiy Levsha (The Russian Lefty Museum)

Home to artworks so small you need a microscope to see them.

Biting into a momiji no tempura (fried maple leaf) is like tasting autumn itself.

Minoh, Japan

Momotaro

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

The “Heart Book” is a collection of Danish folk songs, c. 1550s.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Royal Danish Library Treasures

Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.

This adorable spectral duo can be found in Moabit.

Berlin, Germany

Gründer Geist

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

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