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Ubayama Shell Midden, a nationally designated historic site.

Ichikawa, Japan

Ubayama Shell Mound

At this Neolithic site, the remains of ancient humans have been found alongside the bones of the toxic fugu pufferfish.

Gulliver's Foot

Edinburgh, Scotland

Gulliver's Foot

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

Signs at the top inform of what visitors are seeing

Smołdzino, Poland

Rowokół

For centuries, this hill along the Polish coast has been used as a lookout—and the rumored home of pirate treasure.

Piazza degli Olmi

Matera, Italy

Piazza degli Olmi

A unique urban square characterized by raw concrete structures and bold geometric forms.

Croswell Swinging Bridge

Croswell, Michigan

Croswell Swinging Bridge

This historic suspension bridge is one of three remaining swinging bridges in Michigan, and one of the few swinging bridges left in North America.

Miniature Underwater Scene Hidden in the Cobbles

Dublin, Ireland

'Freeflow'

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

The Indian Drinking Fountain, Yamashita Park.

Yokohama, Japan

Indian Drinking Fountain

A memorial to the Indian victims of the devastating 1923 earthquake, built in glorious Mughal style.

 The statue of James Henry Greathead with a bus passing on one side.

London, England

Statue of James Henry Greathead

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

Kovozoo (Metal Zoo)

Staré Město, Czechia

Kovozoo (Metal Zoo)

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

Duck pond egg with shad roe is a regular staple on the menu.

Brooklyn, New York

Honey Badger

Brooklyn’s wildest restaurant is serving ice cream in snail shells and marrow bones.

Approaching the intersection of Bellevue Ave and Valley Road in Montclair.

Montclair, New Jersey

91.9 FM Pirate Radio Station

The radio station that's been promising to make love to you for the last 15 years—if you happen to be on one specific block in suburban New Jersey.

Museu Diocesà de Menorca

Ciutadella, Spain

Museu Diocesà de Menorca

Housed in a former convent, this museum has a collection of religious art, artifacts, and scientific objects that offer insights into the island's spiritual, cultural, and intellectual heritage.

A cat in Parque John F. Kennedy

Lima, Peru

Cats of Parque Kennedy

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

Alice Liddell's fictional likeness lives on in literary memory.

Llandudno, Wales

Alice in Wonderland Town Trail

In a resort town where the real Alice spent her summer holidays, iconic characters create a curious trail.

These plaques are a permanent record of a dark period in Burlington's past.

Burlington, Vermont

Stopping Stones Memorial

Inspired by the work of a German artist, these brass installations commemorate the lives of enslaved Vermonters.

Sagami River Bridge Ruins

Chigasaki, Japan

Sagami River Bridge Ruins

These medieval wooden bridge pillars appeared out of nowhere in the aftermath of a huge earthquake.

Kayakers visit the Maori rock carvings at Mine Bay

Taupō, New Zealand

Ngātoro-i-rangi Carving at Mine Bay

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

Main dunes, Big Dune at far right.

Mountain Home, Idaho

Bruneau Dunes

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

The outer facade of the Oriental Hotel

Hargeisa, Somalia

Oriental Hotel

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 90 percent of the city.

Markings on the old bridge

Heidelberg, Germany

Hochwassermarken

Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.

Do your business in the blue bowl of this work entitled 'Catching the Drift.'

Northampton, Massachusetts

Restroom Works of Art

Two artist-designed restrooms are part of the collection at the Smith College Museum of Art.

Shab Bhar Masjid

Lahore, Pakistan

Shab Bhar Masjid

This mosque was built overnight as an act of defiance against the British colonial authorities.

Traditional Danish comfort food is on the menu.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Tolbod Bodega

Opened in 1787, this old-world treasure is said to be the oldest restaurant in Copenhagen.

The arrow illuminated target, on ground level

Fordingbridge, England

Ashley Walk Illuminated Target

Hidden from the ground but visible from above, this arrow target in the New Forest is part of Hampshire's rich World War II history.

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