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Harrogate, England
Turkish Baths Harrogate
The last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England.
53.9944, -1.5440
Tampa, Florida
Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.
27.9392, -82.4583
Celebration, Florida
Mickey Pylon
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
28.3038, -81.5742
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
River Country
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
28.4125, -81.5627
Berriedale, Australia
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
-42.8127, 147.2613
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
Casa Terracota
This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.
5.6348, -73.5367
San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia
Tequendama Falls Museum
This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.
4.6167, -74.3500
Ettal, Germany
Linderhof Palace
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
47.5692, 10.9546
Schwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
47.5574, 10.7495
Waitomo, New Zealand
Waitomo Glowworm Caves
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
-38.2610, 175.1043
Matamata, New Zealand
Hobbiton
The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.
-37.8721, 175.6829
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
35.7791, -106.2709
Taos, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
36.4386, -105.5445
Santa Fe, New Mexico
House of Eternal Return
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
35.6546, -105.9965
Silver City, New Mexico
Gila Cliff Dwellings
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
33.2295, -108.2650
Sydney, Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
-33.8646, 151.2198
Katoomba, Australia
Three Sisters
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
-33.7322, 150.3122
Bergen, Norway
Fløibanen Funicular
A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.
60.3964, 5.3286
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Weeki Wachee: City of Live Mermaids
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
28.5167, -82.5739
Asheville, North Carolina
Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
35.5670, -82.5443
Dachau, Germany
Dachau Concentration Camp
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
48.2594, 11.4343
Detroit, Michigan
Michigan Central Station
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
42.3287, -83.0775
Wilmington, Delaware
Nemours Estate
This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.
39.7824, -75.5553
Cape Town, South Africa
Boulders Beach Penguin Sanctuary
This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.
-34.1965, 18.4500
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