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The Apple II historic site includes model structures built to study the effects of a nuclear detonation on a population center.

Mercury, Nevada

Nevada National Security Site

A desert journey through atomic history.

King George V Monument

Melbourne, Australia

Headless King George V

This statue of King George V was beheaded as a protest of colonialism.

Mummified crocodiles

Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt

Crocodile Museum

The museum within the Kom-Ombo Temple complex houses mummified crocodiles and mummified crocodile eggs.

Museum Market

Bodrum, Turkey

Museum Market

This ancient tomb was discovered during the construction of a Turkish supermarket and was preserved.

Morris, the Horse

Tryon, North Carolina

Morris, the Horse

Visit Morris, the Horse, the symbol of the small town of Tryon since 1928!

Damstredet

Oslo, Norway

Damstredet & Telthusbakken

Charming small streets lined with well preserved wooden houses dating to the 18th and 19th century.

The entrance staircase has only ten extremely steep steps with very narrow treads, and the sense of vertigo that hits upon entering is immediate and unsettling.

Teresina, Brazil

Box 43

Hidden beneath a craft market, this underground cell preserves a physical space from Brazil’s military dictatorship.

Poás Volcano caldera, September 2019 (2 weeks before several small eruptions)

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Poás Volcano

A park that allows you to get up close and personal with one of the world's largest open volcanic craters.

Neuhaus Chocolate Shop

Brussels, Belgium

Neuhaus Chocolate Shop

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.

Site of the Original Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Site of the Original Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop

Visit the site where the original Krispy Kreme doughnut was made back in 1937.

Dala Horse

Mora, Minnesota

Dala Horse

An ode to Minnesota’s Swedish heritage, this is the largest Dala Horse in the U.S.

The orange vanilla swirl soft serve is a Sun Harvest Citrus specialty.

Fort Myers, Florida

Sun Harvest Citrus

Established to give visitors a taste of Lee County’s natural bounty, this shop offers fresh fruit, soft-serve ice cream, and preserves.

Jacob’s Ladder

West Perth, Australia

Jacob’s Ladder

Western Australia’s heavenly staircase is not for the faint of heart.

The exterior of the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum

This museum shaped like an inflating balloon celebrates the sport’s buoyant achievements.

River Rothay

Ambleside, England

River Rothay Stepping Stones

These quaint stepping stones traverse the river that connects three of England’s most beautiful lakes.

Fish Building

Hyderabad, India

Fish Building

The fin-tastically detailed headquarters of the National Fisheries Development Board.

Mills, Myself and I

Brisbane, Australia

John Mills Himself

This businessman wanted to make a name for himself (and no one else).

The futuristic interior of Metroteka

Warsaw, Poland

Metroteka

This alluring underground library, hidden in a suburban Metro station, features a Space Age aesthetic and its own hydroponic garden.

Villa Seurat

Paris, France

Villa Seurat

This charming, flower-filled, paved cul-de-sac is filled with artists' studio-houses built in the 1920s.

Dagashiya Game Museum

Itabashi City, Japan

Dagashiya Game Museum

This time capsule lets you enjoy decades-old Japanese arcade games.

The "Spiral Troll"

Drammen, Norway

Drammen Spiral

A marvel of engineering, this road ascends a Norwegian hill through six spirals inside of it.

Mock houses

Schleiden, Germany

Wollseifen Village

An eerie ghost village hidden in the forests of the Eifel, frozen in a strange postwar limbo.

View from the inside

Antwerp, Belgium

Vlaeykensgang

A beautifully preserved and hidden 16th-century alleyway, tucked behind an unassuming door.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch first opened its doors in on Route 66 in 1962.

Amarillo, Texas

Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

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