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Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
52.5139, 13.3789
Prague, Czechia
Old Jewish Cemetery
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
50.0895, 14.4174
Prague, Czechia
Prague Astronomical Clock
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
50.0870, 14.4208
Moka, Mauritius
Le Pouce (The Thumb)
The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.
-20.2195, 57.5023
California
Eureka Dunes
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
37.1136, -117.6884
Inyo County, California
Devils Golf Course Landscape
"Only the devil could play golf here."
36.2201, -116.8817
Inyo County, California
Badwater Basin
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
36.2503, -116.8258
Inyo County, California
Scotty's Castle
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
37.0323, -117.3410
Furnace Creek, California
Harmony Borax Works
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
36.4798, -116.8755
Beatty, Nevada
Angel's Ladies Brothel
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
36.9416, -116.7270
Beatty, Nevada
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
36.9012, -116.8289
Beatty, Nevada
'Rhyolite's District of Shadows'
A land of debatable treasure.
36.8950, -116.8303
Beijing, China
The Forbidden City
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
39.9225, 116.3968
Iceland
Búðakirkja
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
64.8218, -23.3846
Grindavík, Iceland
Blue Lagoon
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
63.8801, -22.4494
Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Phallological Museum
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
64.1481, -21.9351
Reykjavik, Iceland
Hallgrimskirkja
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
64.1417, -21.9266
San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
37.8093, -122.4159
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
37.8267, -122.4230
Mountain View, California
Computer History Museum
From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
37.4143, -122.0769
Puteaux, France
'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb Sculpture
César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.
48.8935, 2.2387
Saulces-Monclin, France
Woinic the World's Largest Boar
The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.
49.5941, 4.5025
Chamarel, Mauritius
Seven Coloured Earths
This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.
-20.4251, 57.3917
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