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The mushroom cloud caused by the Tsar Bomba explosion. (Wikimedia Commons)

Novaya Zemlya, Russia

Novaya Zemlya

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

You can stand on top of the horse's head.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Genghis Khan Statue Complex

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

Big Diomede as viewed from Little Diomede. (Wikimedia Commons)

Russia

Diomede Islands

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

Napoleon's camel in the Musée africain de l'île d'Aix. (Wikimedia Commons)

Île-d'Aix, France

Napoleon's Camel at the Musée africain de l'île d'Aix

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

Castle Hill.

Castle Hill, New Zealand

Castle Hill

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

The Southern Pole of Inaccessibility Station covered by snow. (Wikimedia Commons)

Antarctica

Southern Pole of Inaccessibility

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

Icon of St. George from the collection.

Ordino, Andorra

St. George Icon Museum

Extensive Orthodox icon collection in Andorra.

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Coquitlam, British Columbia

Riverview Hospital

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

Kronborg Castle. (Wikimedia Commons)

Helsingør, Denmark

Kronborg Castle (Elsinore)

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

Burlington, Vermont

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The Moeraki Boulders at sunrise. (Wikimedia Commons)

Hampden, New Zealand

Moeraki Boulders

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Kingdom of Oyotunji logo.

Seabrook, South Carolina

Oyotunji African Village

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

Giant kites flown during the festival.

Santiago Sacatepéquez, Guatemala

All Saints Day Kite Festival

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

Welcome to Lost Springs. (Larry Page/Flickr)

Shawnee, Wyoming

Lost Springs

Population: 1.

Chapel interior.

St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Dog Chapel

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area

Apollo Beach, Florida

Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

The town of Visoko in 1973 with the "Pyramid of the Sun" in the background. (Wikimedia Commons)

Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Visočia, the Bosnian Pyramid of Visoko

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

More of the carvings.

Saint-Malo, France

Rock Sculptures of Abbe Foure

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Emile Taugourdeau’s Zoological Garden

Thorée-les-Pins, France

Emile Taugourdeau’s Zoological Garden

One man's fifteen-year diversion lead to a garden of intriguing sculptures.

Rialto Beach

La Push, Washington

Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Cray supercomputer at the Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology.

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology

Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.

Group picture at a recent Hobo Convention.

Britt, Iowa

National Hobo Convention

Largest gathering of hobos in the country has been meeting annually since 1900.

Petrified Wood

Holbrook, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Altar of Christ Church, in the Old City of Jerusalem. (ian-w-scott/Flickr)

Jerusalem, Israel

Christ Church in Jerusalem

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

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