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San Francisco, California

1908 Cistern Circles

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.
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New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.
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Largs, Scotland

Kelburn Castle

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Hussaini, Pakistan

Hussaini Suspension Bridge

Known as the most dangerous bridge in the world, the Hussaini Hanging Bridge is only one of many precarious rope bridges in Northern Pakistan.
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

The place where World War I began.
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Iron Township, Missouri

Elephant Rocks State Park

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.
Grimeton, Sweden

Grimeton VLF Transmitter

A Very Low Frequency transmitter you can tune in on your PC.
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Republic of Nauru

Nauru

"The country that ate itself."
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San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Cable Car Museum

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.
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Saint George's, Grenada

Jason de Caires Taylor's Underwater Sculpture Garden

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.
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Paris, France

Dans le Noir?

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
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London, England

Wellcome Collection & Library

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
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Rantepao, Indonesia

The Funeral Rites of Torajaland

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.
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Qrendi, Malta

Mnajdra

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.
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Tonga

Hunga Ha'apai New Volcano Island

Underwater volcanic eruption forms new island off the coast of Tonga.
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Baku, Azerbaijan

Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.
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Laguna Diamante, Argentina

Laguna del Diamante

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.
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Angahuan, Mexico

Viejo San Juan Parangaricutiro

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.
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Naica, Mexico

Giant Crystals of Naica

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
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Cairo, Egypt

Agricultural Museum of Cairo

A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.
Tsuruoka, Japan

Sokushinbutsu of Dainichibou Temple

The self-mummified monks of Japan.
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Porto, Portugal

Igreja de São Francisco Catacombs

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
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Friday Harbor, Washington

Whale Museum

Orcas on display and in the water.
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Paris, France

Musée de la Prefecture de Police

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.
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