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Stockholm, Sweden

'Hemlös räv' ('Rag and Bone')

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.
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Toddville, Maryland

Holland Island

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.
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Nordkapp, Norway

North Cape

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.
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Thule, Greenland

Infrasound Station IS18

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Liepāja, Latvia

Liepaja Northern Forts

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.
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Greenville, Florida

Ray Charles Statue

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.
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Wendover, Utah

Republic of Zaqistan

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.
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Nederland, Colorado

Carousel of Happiness

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.
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Ranikay, Pakistan

Hiran Minar

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.
Added by Tawsam
Reggello, Italy

Sammezzano Castle

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Stockholm, Sweden

Stomatol Sign

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Chicago, Illinois

Dialogo

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.
Added by jakejsmith
Newbury, New Hampshire

Chicken Farmer Rock

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.
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Diamer District, Pakistan

Fairy Meadows

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.
Added by Tawsam
Portland, Oregon

Pittock Mansion

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
Added by dklimke
Shiprock, New Mexico

Shiprock

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
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Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Summerseat

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.
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Žagarė, Lithuania

Pan House

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Bogotá, Colombia

Central Cemetery of Bogotá

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.
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Cape Palliser, New Zealand

Putangirua Pinnacles

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.
Added by Bridget S
Oregon City, Oregon

Willamette Falls

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.
Added by omtinole
Melbourne, Australia

Cow Up a Tree

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.
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Ghent, Belgium

Werregarenstraat

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Richmond, California

East Brother Light Station Bed & Breakfast

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.
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