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Silver Plume, Colorado

Griffin Monument

This cliffside memorial marks the final resting place of a lonely violinist.
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Senglea, Malta

Il-Gardjola Guard Tower

The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.
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Valletta, Malta

Lascaris War Rooms

Both the World War II Allied Forces and NATO have used this modern bunker underneath Malta’s capital.
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North Rim, Arizona

Nankoweap Granaries

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.
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Claremont, California

'Dividing the Light'

This public Skyspace created by artist James Turrell for his alma mater puts on a show every day at sunrise and sunset.
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Toronto, Ontario

Hurricane Hazel Memorial Plaque

At a bridge over the Humber river, markers show the effects of the deadliest hurricane in Canadian history.
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England

St Helens Chapel

One of the oldest surviving buildings in Colchester dates back to the 11th century.
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Gyeongju, South Korea

Pink Muhly Grass

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.
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Henderson, Nevada

Heritage Street

Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.
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London, England

London Scottish House

This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.
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Hagerman, Idaho

Hagerman Fossil Beds

An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.
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Saint Maries, Idaho

Emerald Creek Garnet Area

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.
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Saint Charles, Idaho

Minnetonka Cave

Idaho’s largest, deepest limestone cave is known for its quirky rock formations and bat population.
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Almo, Idaho

City of Rocks

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.
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Görlitz, Germany

Görlitz Synagoge

One of the few German synagogues to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom has been beautifully restored.
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Bergamo, Italy

Chiesa del San Spirito

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

Thompson Smelter

These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.
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Carlin, Nevada

Palisade

Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Healy, Alaska

Suntrana Canyon

This often-overlooked canyon dazzles and intrigues with its many layers of colors, shapes and odd formations.
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Hunza Nagar, Pakistan

Haldeikish

These boulders bear testimony to thousands of years of cultural exchange along this trading route.
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London, England

Holborn Viaduct

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.
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Nye County, Nevada

Easy Chair Crater

An unusual double cinder cone with a bent oval crater, in the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field.
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Lastingham, England

Crypt of the Church of St. Mary

Thought to be the oldest Norman crypt in the world.
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De Lutte, Netherlands

Kardoes the Hellhound

A bronze statue commemorating the legend of a hellhound haunting the village of De Lutte.
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