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Boardwalk Path.

Fire Island, New York

Sunken Forest

A rare forest habitat nestled behind two sand dunes.

Anti-War Memorial

Limerick, Ireland

Anti-War Memorial

A cynical face-off exposing the cost of war.

HCM.

Mexico City, Mexico

Ho Chi Minh Monument

The Vietcong leader isn’t the only symbol of late 20th-century counterculture represented in this statue.

Dental Phanthom

Dublin, Ireland

Museum of Curiosities

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

Casa Bandeirista do Itaim

São Paulo, Brazil

Casa Bandeirista do Itaim

Under the towering glass canopy of Google's headquarters in São Paulo's poshest neighborhood, hides a small, charming 18th-century house.

Sherman Tank of Marseille’s Liberation (Jeanne d’Arc)

Marseille, France

Sherman Tank of Marseille’s Liberation (Jeanne d’Arc)

A surprising relic of WWII, sitting boldly in a Marseille street.

The Hughes family plot.

Houston, Texas

Grave of Howard Hughes

One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.

A gas street lamp outside of 55 Poplar Street.

Brooklyn, New York

Gas Street Lamps of Brooklyn Heights

The secret behind these nostalgic light fixtures: They're not as old as they may seem.

Museum of Living in Communism

Brașov, Romania

Museum of Living in Communism

A habitable museum, or a time machine into Romania’s Communist era?

The sign before it was covered in stickers.

Chicago, Illinois

Beginning (and End) of Historic Route 66

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Howard Tunnel

Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania

Howard Tunnel

This is the second-oldest rail tunnel in the United States that is still in use today.

'Save Iraqi Culture'

Baghdad, Iraq

'Save Iraqi Culture'

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

Touge no kamameshi.

Annaka, Japan

Oginoya’s Kettle Rice Pottery

This iconic “station bento” comes in an earthenware pot you can take home and repurpose.

Archenhold Observatory from above

Berlin, Germany

Archenhold Observatory

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

Young donkeys in the field

Dampierre-sur-Boutonne, France

Asinerie du Baudet du Poitou

A public center dedicated to showcasing and conserving the enormous shaggy Poitou donkey.

Opening Hours

Vienna, Austria

Rathaus Paternoster

A non-stop elevator ride in Vienna's city hall.

Bay leaf, garlic, white wine, and possibly Sprite are key flavorings.

Lisbon, Portugal

As Bifanas do Afonso

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

A vintage train engine

DeQuincy, Louisiana

DeQuincy Railroad Museum

Thousands of railroad artifacts are housed in one of the last remaining mission revival style train depots in the South.

Sculpture at Stavanger Domkirke (6)

Stavanger, Norway

'Broken Column'

An art project designed to encourage people to explore and investigate their surroundings more closely

Poetry Postbox

Glasgow, Scotland

Poetry Postbox

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

A tudor style A-frame house set in a picturesque garden with a manicured lawn and rock walls.

Wessington Springs, South Dakota

Shakespeare Garden & Anne Hathaway Cottage

After a local English teacher visited Stratford-upon-Avon, she was inspired to create a garden and home in the Bard's honor.

Mosaic in Beachfront Park.

Crescent City, California

Tsunami Walking Tour

An installation tells of the horrific 1964 tsunami that devastated Crescent City, California.

Here lie the World's Heaviest Twins.

Hendersonville, North Carolina

Grave of World’s Largest Twins

Below this enormous headstone lie Billy and Benny McCrary, better known as the "McGuire Twins."

Arima Family Plot

Tokyo, Japan

Arima Family Plot

No one knows why this family’s graves stayed on the national museum's premises after all other tombstones were relocated.

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