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These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

This open-air museum was originally a World War II testing ground for German missiles and rockets.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.