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London, England

Ruins of the Crystal Palace

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
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Landskrona, Sweden

Hven

This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.
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San Francisco, California

Institute of Illegal Images

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
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Nara, Japan

Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden (The Great Buddha Hall)

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
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Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Mount Roraima

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
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Kyonan, Japan

Nihonji Daibutsu: The Great Buddha of Nihonji

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.
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Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Green Animals Topiary Garden

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!
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Kenya

Kitum Cave

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.
Agion Oros, Greece

Mount Athos

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.
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Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Trench of Bayonets

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Pianola Museum

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.
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Madrid, Spain

Fountain of the Fallen Angel

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
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Cupertino, California

Electronics Flea Market

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.
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Qeshm, Iran

Namakdan Salt Cave

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.
Portland, Oregon

Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

The magic's in the hole!
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Paro, Bhutan

Paro Taktsang

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.
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Romulus, New York

Seneca White Deer

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
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Khewra, Pakistan

Khewra Salt Mines

The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.
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Donora, Pennsylvania

Donora Smog Museum and Historical Society

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.
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Lawrence, Kansas

Comanche, Survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.
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Waterbury, Connecticut

Holy Land USA

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
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Lalibela, Ethiopia

Bete Giyorgis of Lalibela

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Sausalito, California

Marin Headlands

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
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Dresden, Germany

Schwebebahn Dresden

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
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