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This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

A giant hand emerging from the ground beckons visitors into a park in Madrid.

This 13th-century UNESCO-listed "lion's house" mosque is named after a repurposed lion sculpture.

This student-run nightclub was originally a World War II bomb shelter.

Tucked away in Seward Park is Seattle’s only old-growth forest.

An artist of the American Revolution is entombed beneath the Yale art gallery he founded.

An installation at the border commemorates a battle from 972.

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.

The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.

Scenic hike to a restored watermill.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

Does this statue depict Thor, or Jesus Christ? Nobody knows.

Victorian-era cemetery full of interesting local history among the graves.

A twisted, six-headed palm tree cursed by a witch, said to spell calamity if its seventh head is allowed to grow.

Amid the ruins of the 1990s Somali Civil War, life goes on as normal.

This sycamore is Connecticut's largest tree, New England's largest sycamore, and among the largest of its kind nationwide.

The world's first fish doorbell monitors this water passageway.

A unique zoo of exotic animals with a cafe and a co-working space.

A startling waterfall, not far from a roadside viewpoint.

This 14th-century Sri Lankan temple is a mixture of Sinhalese and Dravidian architecture.

A remote desert monument marks where a priest and explorer entered what later became Arizona.

Overlooked archeological site close to the city of Patras.

Destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944, this ruined church is a haunting reminder of the war.