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38.4315, 22.8750
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56.1004, -4.6366
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-3.7465, -73.2415
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Savannah Pirates and Treasure Museum
32.0806, -81.0946
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Tsovagyugh, Armenia
Fish-Selling Mannequins of Tsovagyugh
Men and special assistants stand by the road to sell the day's catch in this lakeside village.
40.6168, 44.9522
Cartagena, Colombia
KGB Cartagena
In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.
10.4267, -75.5484
Sidney, Ohio
Wagner Manufacturing Company Factory
The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.
40.2822, -84.1629
Ellsworth, Maine
Finn's Irish Pub
This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.
44.5421, -68.4233
Scarborough, Maine
Lenny the Chocolate Moose
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
43.5867, -70.3532
New York, New York
Central Filing Bar
A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.
40.7611, -73.9802
Lake George, New York
The Last Howard Johnson's
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
43.4098, -73.7110
Washington, Wisconsin
Nelsen’s Hall & Bitters Club
The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.
45.3729, -86.9309
Batumi, Georgia
Batumi McDonald’s
Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.
41.6388, 41.6122
Detroit, Michigan
The Raven Lounge
One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.
42.3669, -83.0419
Budapest, Hungary
Szimpla Kert
A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.
47.4970, 19.0633
Lowell, Massachusetts
Worthen House Cafe
The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.
42.6456, -71.3142
Skagway, Alaska
Red Onion Saloon
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
59.4540, -135.3184
Sheffield, England
The Old Queens Head
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
53.3811, -1.4625
Diani Beach, Kenya
Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant
Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.
-4.3135, 39.5759
Lisbon, Portugal
Pavilhão Chinês
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.
38.7158, -9.1467
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado’s Airplane Restaurant
This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.
38.8067, -104.7263
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