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London, England

Garden Museum

Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.
San Diego Museum of Man
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London, England

St James’s Tiny Park

These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.
Mount San Jacinto offers beautiful vistas.
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California’s Unbelievable Landscapes: A Guide to Nature’s Masterpieces

Volcanic craters, out-of-this-world rock formations, and wild twisting trees, all in one state.
National Public Radio's Honey Bee Hives
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America’s Green City: 9 Sustainable Spots You Should Visit in Washington, DC

Aquatic gardens, curious critters, and bike paths abound.
Fairy Rock behind Saltom Pit
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15 Places to Find Fairies

Hiding among glens, gardens, and tiny magical doors, you just might find a mysterious little creature.
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The sound mirrors.
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Listen up and explore these acoustic anomalies, “musical houses,” and government-recognized soundscapes.
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Pune, India

Empress Botanical Garden

This sprawling oasis of green in the middle of the city has a vast collection of beautiful flora.
Wellington, New Zealand

Katherine Mansfield House

The "horrid little piggy house" of one of New Zealand's most celebrated writers.
London, England

Pimlico Priapus

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.
La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls), Mexico City
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Northampton, Massachusetts

Stout Silver Medal Daylily Garden

This college campus garden is home to generations of award winning flowers.
Taoyuan, Taiwan

Garden of the Generalissimos

A Taiwanese garden teems with the retired statues of the island's former dictator.
Alton, Illinois

McPike Mansion

The owners of this Victorian-era estate say it’s still visited by the spirits of long-gone residents.
Chipping Campden, England

Ernest Wilson Memorial Garden

A small and tranquil hidden garden in commemoration of one of the great Victorian plant collectors.
Kodaira, Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Medicinal Botanical Garden

Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.
Naboutini, Fiji

Garden of the Sleeping Giant

This garden boasts a magnificent collection of orchids and a spectacular view of the surrounding valley.
Newark, Ohio

Dawes Arboretum Hedge Letters

One of the world's largest hedge letterings spells out this arboretum's name over 2,040 feet.