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Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Botafumeiro

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.
IJVin Added by IJVin
Alamogordo, New Mexico

New Mexico Museum of Space History

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Leslie McIntyre Added by Leslie McIntyre
Meyrin, Switzerland

Birthplace of the Web

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.
EdgarMedina Added by EdgarMedina
Bjurholm, Sweden

Älgens Hus (The Moose House)

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.
Leigh ChavezBush Added by Leigh ChavezBush
Batumi, Georgia

Batumi Tower Ferris Wheel

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
hrnick Added by hrnick
Inyo County, California

Marble Bath

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.
Backcountry Explorers Added by Backcountry Explorers
Visby, Sweden

Sankt Göransporten Arrow Slit

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Gaithersburg, Maryland

U.S. National Prototype Kilogram

This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Dresden, Germany

Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault)

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.
easydistance Added by easydistance
New York, New York

New York Federal Gold Vault

More gold than anywhere else, ever.
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Norway

Svalbard Seed Bank

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Musical Highway

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Added by katbier
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Cathedral

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.
racheldoyle Added by racheldoyle
Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Wallabies of Inchconnachan

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Lumberton, Mississippi

Salmon/Sterling Nuclear Tests Marker

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Matt Smith Added by Matt Smith
La Habra Heights, California

The Hass Avocado Mother Tree

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Spijkenisse, Netherlands

Spijkenisser Eurobruggen (Euro Banknote Bridges)

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.
mosymuis Added by mosymuis
Paisley, Scotland

'Alien' Gargoyle

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
ssm67alba Added by ssm67alba
Boulder, Montana

Elkhorn Ghost Town

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
PassionsandPlaces Added by PassionsandPlaces
Moldova

'Welcome to Gagauzia' Sign

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Washington, D.C.

The Blessing of the Fleets Ceremony

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Cachi, Argentina

Ovnipuerto Cachi

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.
Added by kelper
Prague, Czechia

Paternoster Lift

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Museum of Sound

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas