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Nuneaton, England

Mount Judd

The man-made mound once voted the best landmark in the UK.
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Highfield, England

Pandas of New Era Square

A beloved family of panda sculptures named after memories of the city's past.
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Bethlehem, West Bank

Chapel of the Milk Grotto

This subterranean chapel is said to be where the Holy Family sought refuge before fleeing to Egypt.
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San Salvatore, Italy

San Salvatore di Sinis

This isolated village has Hollywood fame and a church with underground structures that date to the pre-Christian period.
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Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Galloway Kite Trail

A tour to spot Scotland's once-vanished birds of prey.
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Leadhills, Scotland

Glengonnar Halt Station

The highest station on the highest adhesion railway in the British Isles.
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Zaragoza, Spain

El Alma del Ebro

This fantastical faceless sculpture in Spain is on the grandest scale.
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South Yorkshire, England

Stainborough Castle

From a distance it looks like a real castle, but up close everything is slightly too small.
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Abbasanta, Italy

Nuraghe Losa

This massive and complex stone tower is a great example of the many pre-historic nuraghes on the island.
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Leadhills, Scotland

The Curfew Bell

An 18th-century bell honors a manager who advocated for mineworkers.
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England

The Keelmen Mural

A reminder of a long-gone community and way of life on the River Tyne.
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Jarrow, England

The Spirit of Jarrow

A bronze sculpture immortalizes a historic 1936, 26-day-long march for economic relief.
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Viterbo, Italy

Palazzo dei Papi (Palace of the Popes)

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.
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Zaragoza, Spain

Aljaferia Palace

This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.
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Dumfries, Scotland

Moat Brae

After playing in this house and its gardens as a child, J.M. Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan.
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Dumfries, Scotland

Rosefield Mills

This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.
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Matlock Bath, England

Peak District Lead Mining Museum

Explore the history of mining in this museum, or in a real mine from the 1920s.
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Dumfries, Scotland

Dumfries Camera Obscura

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.
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Civitavecchia, Italy

'Embracing Peace'

This statue in Civitavecchia recreates a famous photograph from the end of World War II in massive scale.
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Penistone, England

Penistone Paramount Cinema

This century-old, single-screen cinema still puts a 1937 Compton organ to good use.
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Orihuela, Spain

Murales de San Isidro

A working-class suburb has become an open-air art museum dedicated to a local poet and hero of the Spanish Civil War.
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Galway, Ireland

Spanish Arch

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Peanuts Gang Bronzes

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.
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Duboka, Croatia

Pelješac Bridge

Construction of this bridge was once described as an "act of violence" against a neighboring country.
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