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55.2368, -2.1947
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52.5112, 13.4382
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43.6503, -79.3805
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San Pedro, Costa Rica
Insect Museum
A hidden wonder displaying insects large and small.
9.9388, -84.0472
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palacio Barolo
A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.
-34.6094, -58.3859
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Caminito
A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.
-34.6393, -58.3627
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fuente de las Nereidas
This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.
-34.6169, -58.3567
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Floralis Generica
105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.
-34.5815, -58.3936
Bogotá, Colombia
La Ciclovía de Bogotá
Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.
4.6695, -74.0972
Bogotá, Colombia
Bogotá Botanical Garden
Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.
4.6682, -74.1000
Rosemount, Minnesota
UMore Park Abandoned Munitions Plant
The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.
44.7196, -93.0863
Sacramento, California
Sacramento Old City Cemetery
The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.
38.5621, -121.5012
West Sacramento, California
I Street Bridge
I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.
38.5866, -121.5076
Sacramento, California
Tower Bridge
Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.
38.5806, -121.5084
Sacramento, California
Sacramento Locomotive Works
This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.
38.5872, -121.5006
Sacramento, California
Sacramento's Original Street Level
The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.
38.5835, -121.5038
Sacramento, California
Eagle Theatre
A replica of the first public theater built in California.
38.5841, -121.5050
Winters, California
Stevenson Bridge
This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.
38.5368, -121.8512
Reno, Nevada
Old Reno Arch
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
39.5256, -119.8098
Reno, Nevada
National Bowling Stadium
Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."
39.5295, -119.8121
Reno, Nevada
Topsy the Clown
This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.
39.5312, -119.8147
Redding, California
Sundial Bridge
This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.
40.5887, -122.3779
Longview, Washington
Nutty Narrows Bridge
This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.
46.1401, -122.9395
Seattle, Washington
Hammering Man
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
47.6070, -122.3381
Seattle, Washington
Gum Wall
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
47.6081, -122.3403
Seattle, Washington
Psychic Chicken of Seattle
Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.
47.6086, -122.3407
Seattle, Washington
Tree Grate Museum
Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.
47.6142, -122.3324
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