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41.6658, -86.1845
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38.8706, -77.0687
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47.5681, 10.6981
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29.9295, -94.2744
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Spoonbridge and Cherry
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
44.9703, -93.2891
Edina, Minnesota
Southdale Center Shopping Mall
Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.
44.8817, -93.3256
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Minnehaha County Courthouse Original Courtroom
At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.
43.5514, -96.7288
Paris, France
Pont de la Concorde
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
48.8634, 2.3196
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
52.5212, 13.3969
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Cementerio Santa Ifigenia
A tomb in this cemetery holds soil from every country in Latin America.
20.0361, -75.8388
Amsterdam, Netherlands
City Hall Urinal
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
52.3714, 4.8955
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Castle Hill Funicular
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
47.4982, 19.0391
Budapest, Hungary
Vajdahunyad Castle
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
47.5150, 19.0833
Reykjavik, Iceland
Hallgrimskirkja
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
64.1417, -21.9266
GrindavÃk, Iceland
Blue Lagoon
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
63.8801, -22.4494
Budapest, Hungary
Mátyás Fountain
A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.
47.4962, 19.0391
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Telephone Museum
Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.
47.5028, 19.0299
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Agriculture Museum
A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.
47.5148, 19.0832
Budapest, Hungary
Memento Park
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
47.4264, 18.9989
Budapest, Hungary
Red Ruin
This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.
47.4918, 19.0561
Brisbane, Australia
Streets Beach
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
-27.4779, 153.0231
Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Punk Museum
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.
64.1469, -21.9358
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