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Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.

Live your lighthouse keeper dreams at this unique lodging on a Canadian island.

Floating on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is a contorted canal boat that honors the waterway’s heritage.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

Hidden masterpieces in a small church in the medieval city of Bergamo.

This notorious dive has been serving up both kinds of spirits since 1879.

An adorable intake tower with a “witch hat” stands in the Edo River.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

The predecessor to this bridge was depicted in a famous Japanese woodcut print that influenced Van Gogh.

A neon-illuminated statue of James Cook at the edge of a historical Auckland wharf makes for an unexpected discovery.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

A monument to one of Croatia's famous freedom fighters.

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.

An exceptional engineering feat that facilitates the migration of salmon upstream during their breeding season.

An attack on this gunpowder depot led to the start of the Philippine Revolution.

The world’s oldest boat lift is also known in the United Kingdom as the "Cathedral of the Canals" and one of the "Seven Wonders of the Waterways."

The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

This 17th-century temple gave the area of Ganeshkhind its name.

This giant 200-year-old ginkgo is one of the largest in the United States.

The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.

From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.

Believed to be the largest single-stemmed oak tree in England.

The first Confucian temple in Taiwan, founded by the son of a pirate lord, doubled as the island's first state-sponsored school.