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37.6177, -89.2088
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40.3824, -87.9510
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38.9817, -90.5441
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41.3428, -88.1340
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Mexico City, Mexico
Emo War of Metro Insurgentes
In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.
19.4236, -99.1632
Canterbury, England
West Gate Tower Museum
A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.
51.2816, 1.0759
Mexico City, Mexico
Reloj Chino (Chinese Clock)
This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.
19.4310, -99.1516
Mexico City, Mexico
Indios Verdes (Green Indians Monument)
After several moves across Mexico City, these two statues found a home in Mestizaje Park.
19.4913, -99.1192
London, England
Spitalfields Charnel House
Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.
51.5197, -0.0775
Mexico City, Mexico
Teatro de los Insurgentes
The outside of this theater is decorated with a Diego Rivera mural that explores the history of Mexico.
19.3642, -99.1825
Guadalajara, Mexico
Hospicio Cabañas
One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.
20.6769, -103.3373
Dublin, Ireland
Magazine Fort
This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.
53.3488, -6.3164
Edinburgh, Scotland
Roxburgh Court Tree Plaques
These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.
55.9502, -3.1910
Edinburgh, Scotland
'Woman and Child'
This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.
55.9469, -3.2060
Edinburgh, Scotland
Binns Clock
This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.
55.9503, -3.2077
Caratinga, Brazil
The Muriquis of Feliciano Miguel Abdala Reserve
A preserved section of the Atlantic Forest is an important habitat for these critically endangered monkeys.
-19.7314, -41.8170
Taxco, Mexico
Hotel Casa Grande Wall
A wall of this old hotel was decorated with drawings made of pebbles during its construction.
18.5557, -99.6064
Kent, England
Queen Bertha and King Æthelberht
Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.
51.2792, 1.0861
Temple Ewell, England
Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens
Two beautiful Victorian-era parks replete with ornamental waterfalls and lakes.
51.1471, 1.2706
Oxford, England
The Lantern of Guy Fawkes
The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens
51.7554, -1.2601
London, England
Museum of London Docklands
A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.
51.5075, -0.0239
São Paulo, Brazil
Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo (Memorial of the Resistance)
The building that once housed the dictator's secret police is now a museum that documents the history of an oppressive regime and those who fought against it.
-23.5349, -46.6388
Pluckley, England
Dering Wood
A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.
51.1652, 0.7179
Nantes, France
l'Île de Versailles Jardin Japonais
This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.
47.2259, -1.5543
Tenango del Valle, Mexico
Teotenango
The archeological ruins of the ancient fortified city of the mysterious Teotenanca civilization.
19.1085, -99.5973
London, England
Wandsworth Roundabout Underpass
This underpass became an unlikely piece of cinematic history after its appearance in 'A Clockwork Orange.'
51.4624, -0.1853
London, England
Southmere Lake
This artificial lake surrounded by Brutalist architecture served as a stand-in for futuristic Britain in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange.'
51.5012, 0.1248
Madrid, Spain
Ahuehuete del Buen Retiro ("El Abuelo")
One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.
40.4156, -3.6880
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