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Cementerio de la Recoleta

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cementerio de la Recoleta

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

Vasa Museum

Stockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The World's Largest Amoco Sign

St. Louis, Missouri

World's Largest Amoco Sign

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Compton Hill Water Tower.

St. Louis, Missouri

Compton Hill Water Tower

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

Voodoo Doughnuts

Portland, Oregon

Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

The magic's in the hole!

"Ampelparchen," Vienna, Austria.

Vienna, Austria

Ampelpärchen

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Laclede's Landing Wax Museum.

St. Louis, Missouri

Laclede's Landing Wax Museum

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

Aquilean near Carnival Cruise Line's berth.

Juneau, Alaska

Aquilean Whale Tail Sculptures

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Saint Michael's Cathedral in Sitka, AK.

Sitka, Alaska

Saint Michael's Cathedral

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

Some ruins of Portage.

Whittier, Alaska

Portage Ghost Town

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

View from the south bank looking north at Mays Island where Cedar Rapids City Hall and Linn County Courthouse are located.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids Municipal Island

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

Disk of death on display at the museum.

Mexico City, Mexico

Disk of Death

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

Chapultepec Castle

Mexico City, Mexico

Chapultepec Castle

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

La Casa Azul

Mexico City, Mexico

La Casa Azul

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

(Flickr/Brewbooks)

Wrangell, Alaska

Petroglyph Beach

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

Clan house at Totem Bight

Ketchikan, Alaska

Totem Bight State Historical Park

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Whalebone Arch.

Barrow, Alaska

Barrow Whale Bone Arch

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Whittier, Alaska

Whittier, Alaska

Whittier, Alaska

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Apotheosis of St Carlo Borromeo

Vienna, Austria

Karlskirche (St. Charles's Church)

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

The pin point impression wall gives spectators of all ages the chance to create 3D works of art.

St. Louis, Missouri

The Magic House

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

Eros Bendato.

St. Louis, Missouri

Eros Bendato

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Turtle Playground.

St. Louis, Missouri

Turtle Playground

This is not your typical jungle gym.

City Museum

St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Santa Claus House

North Pole, Alaska

Santa Claus House

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

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