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Geneva Skateboard Musuem

Vernier, Switzerland

Geneva Skateboard Musuem

One of the world's largest skateboard collections is on display inside a historical mansion.

This former veterinarian and self-professed “super lover of cheese” now follows his passion.

Barcelona, Spain

Pinullet

Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.

One of the rooms in the Museo de la Inquisición.

Granada, Spain

Palacio de los Olvidados (Palace of the Forgotten)

This 16th-century building features a flamenco stage on its ground floor and a torture museum on its upper floors.

This black locust is the oldest tree in Paris.

Paris, France

Oldest Tree in Paris

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

Ghost Lore Museum

Jiufen, Taiwan

Ghost Lore Museum

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

A tiny remnant of the "vegas" for which Las Vegas was named.  The Boy Scout chimney is in the background.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Springs Preserve

The birthplace of Las Vegas is now preserved as a historic and natural area.

This giant fiberglass catfish welcomes visitors to Trempealeau, Wisconsin.

Trempealeau, Wisconsin

Trempealeau Catfish Statue

A giant fiberglass catfish welcomes visitors to this Wisconsin river town and heralds its annual Catfish Days festival.

The hot chocolate here is particularly thick and rich.

Barcelona, Spain

Granja Dulcinea

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

Saint Nikolaos of Vouliagmeni

Vouliagmeni, Greece

Saint Nikolaos of Vouliagmeni

Past the megayachts in the hyper-modern marina of Vouliagmeni is a small, well-hidden chapel adorned with pebbles and maritime imagery.

Living quarters

Azrou, Morocco

Tioumliline Monastery

Set up in 1953, abandoned in 1978, and became a movie set in 2009.

Nussknackermuseum Neuhausen

Neuhausen, Germany

Nussknackermuseum Neuhausen

Home to the world's largest collection of nutcrackers.

The Maribel Caves Hotel is located next to a park that shares its name.

Maribel, Wisconsin

Maribel Caves Hotel

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

lining up for the slide

Malahat, British Columbia

Malahat Skywalk

This 820-foot-high spiral ramp is a walkway to the sky.

Hirosaki Castle

Hirosaki, Japan

Hirosaki Castle

The northernmost of the 12 surviving feudal castles of Japan is known as a cherry blossom viewing spot.

Looking up at the Highball Signal.

Delmar, Delaware

Highball Signal

This relic is one of the last survivors of the earliest eras of the American railroad.

Amazake-babaa.

Tokyo, Japan

Amazake-babaa

This statue of a deified “hag” is said to protect children from the common cold and coughing fits.

Grave of John King

Charlotte, North Carolina

Grave of John King

An elephant is carved onto the gravestone of a man who was crushed by one.

King Philip's Cave

Norton, Massachusetts

King Philip's Cave

Ghostly specters are said to haunt this secluded cave where a famed Wampanoag leader spent the final days of his life.

Toenga o Te Aro Visitor Center

Wellington, New Zealand

Toenga o Te Aro (Remains of Te Aro Pā)

The only known remains of an extensive Maori settlement are preserved underneath an apartment building.

The Alhambra Theatre & Dining

Jacksonville, Florida

The Alhambra Theatre & Dining

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

Gummy bear statue

Madrid, Spain

El Oso Verde (The Green Bear)

This larger-than-life lime green gummy bear sits in the middle of a roundabout in Spain.

Wreck of the Marjory Glen

Argentina

Wreck of the Marjory Glen

This rusty hull was used as fighter plane target practice during the Falklands War.

The “three rocks” tell the legend of a demon.

Morioka, Japan

Demon’s Hand Prints in the Rocks

According to local folklore, a demon left his handprints on these boulders, which became the prefecture’s namesake.

Cape Kumukahi Lighthouse in 2010.

Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii

Cape Kumukahi

The easternmost point of Hawai'i plays a prominent role in local legends and is home to a lighthouse that survived a lava flow.

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