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Springfield, Missouri

Call NOW! Art Installation

A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.
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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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East Wenatchee, Washington

Pangborn-Herndon Memorial

A monument tucked within a suburban neighborhood commemorates the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean.
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Savonlinna, Finland

Olavinlinna

This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.
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Hobart, Australia

'Footsteps Towards Freedom'

Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.
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Eindhoven, Netherlands

'Flying Pins'

These giant yellow bowling pins seem to be defying gravity.
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Tokyo, Japan

Oiwa Inari Shrines

A pair of rivaling shrines dedicated to Lady Oiwa, the most famous vengeful ghost in Japan.
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Cedar Crest, New Mexico

Sandia Medallion Trees

Mysterious markers have been giving the public a lesson in dendrochronology for over a century.
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Lindsborg, Kansas

1904 World's Fair Swedish Pavilion

A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.
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Guelph, Ontario

Garbasaurus

Guelph’s hidden tribute to environmental action.
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Winchester, England

Market Lane Toilet Mini Museum

This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.
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Nihommatsu, Japan

Kurozuka (Black Tomb)

Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.
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Hörby, Sweden

'Multiplera Skåne'

Unexpectedly standing in a glade, this large group of life-sized, 3D-printed clay figures captures the essence of local young people.
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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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Lyon, France

Saint Exupéry Monument

This statue stands in honor of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French author of 'The Little Prince' and an aviation hero.
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Sunshine Valley, British Columbia

Hope Slide

The morning of January 9, 1965, over 46 million cubic meters of earth, rock, and snow broke free, obliterating a section of the highway below.
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Bendigo, Australia

Black Swan Hotel

An unassuming pub with a huge collection of rare Indian motorcycles.
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Manzanares, Spain

Paseo del Sistema Solar

A scale model of our Solar System, where physical representations of the Sun and planets have been placed along a route in the local park.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Peanuts Gang Bronzes

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.
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Počitelj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Old Town Počitelj

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Fujisawa, Japan

Tatsunokuchi Execution Grounds

A major Japanese execution ground site from the Middle Ages.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cascata Diamantina (Diamantina Waterfall)

A hidden and beautiful waterfall in middle of one of the biggest urban forests of the world.
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Whitewater, Wisconsin

Big Foot Rock

A glacial erratic in the shape of a foot rests in the woods of a restored oak savanna prairie.
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Almo, Idaho

City of Rocks

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.
Added by traceywilson