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42.9614, -89.5073
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52.8631, -102.3887
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36.6603, -115.9947
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24.4521, 32.9284
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Paris, France
Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
48.8584, 2.2945
Copán Ruinas, Honduras
Hieroglyphic Stairway of Copán
This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.
14.8373, -89.1415
Glen Innes, Australia
Australian Standing Stones
A tribute to the Celtic nations that helped settle Australia.
-29.7414, 151.7519
Uralla, Australia
Captain Thunderbolt Statue
The last of the bushrangers in New South Wales.
-30.6425, 151.4991
Seventeen Seventy, Australia
Lt. James Cook Monument Cairn
A cairn commemorating James Cook's second landing in Australia.
-24.1599, 151.8829
Millaa Millaa, Australia
Millaa Millaa Waterfall
The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.
-17.4956, 145.6108
Childers, Australia
Childers Backpacker Memorial
This former hostel is now an art gallery and a memorial for 15 backpackers who lost their lives to a tragic act of arson.
-25.2369, 152.2786
Golden Point, Australia
Sovereign Hill
This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.
-37.5750, 143.8663
Echuca, Australia
Echuca Wharf
A timber wharf that contributed to Echuca becoming the largest inland port in 19th-century Australia.
-36.1210, 144.7474
Thredbo, Australia
Mount Kosciuszko Summit
The tallest mountain in mainland Australia.
-36.4559, 148.2636
Robe, Australia
Robe Chinese Monument
A simple tribute to the migrant workers who landed here before walking hundreds of miles to Victoria's gold mines.
-37.1620, 139.7528
Murray Bridge, Australia
Murray Bridge Bunyip
An animatronic tribute to a legendary half-man, half-fish creature.
-35.1209, 139.2847
Richmond, Australia
Richmond Bridge
It's beautiful, it's haunted and its claim to fame is that it's the oldest existing stone arch bridge in Australia.
-42.7339, 147.4400
Maryborough, Australia
Mary Poppins Statue
A statue of the beloved storybook character stands in front of the building in which her creator was born.
-25.5390, 152.7043
Augathella, Australia
Big Meat Ant
Inspired by the local football team, this giant ant is meant to draw tourists to a tiny Australian town.
-25.7950, 146.5841
Glenrowan, Australia
Ned Kelly Animatronic Museum
A totally unique, animatronic depiction of the Australian gunslinger's last stand.
-36.4638, 146.2222
Cobar, Australia
Big Beer Can
Can of beer on top of a Cobar hotel with a world record.
-31.4973, 145.8320
Guyra, Australia
Big Lamb
Monument to the area's potato and lamb industries.
-30.2184, 151.6730
Geelong, Australia
Geelong Bollards
More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.
-38.1472, 144.3716
Darwin, Australia
Darwin Oil Storage Tunnels
World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
-12.4675, 130.8452
Canberra, Australia
Phar Lap's Heart
The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.
-35.2933, 149.1209
Stockton, Australia
The Nobbys Gunpowder Tunnels
A series of gun powder chambers currently hidden from view within Nobbys Headland in Newcastle, Australia.
-32.9186, 151.7983
Melbourne, Australia
Fire Services Museum of Victoria
A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.
-37.8089, 144.9754
Canberra, Australia
The Shine Dome
This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.
-35.2837, 149.1227
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