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Atlanta, Georgia

The Wren’s Nest

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.
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New York, New York

Jacques Derrida's Favorite Banana Bread

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.
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Clearwater, Florida

Frank Miranda's Oddities & Antiques

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.
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Woolsey, Nevada

Lovelock Airmail Arrow

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.
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Pune, India

Nana Wada

A combination of Peshwa and British Gothic Revival architecture.
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Melbourne, Australia

COURAGE Statue

This sculpture was designed to encourage viewers to be true to themselves.
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Grazalema, Spain

Pinsapar de Grazalema

A reservation-only highland forest reserve of endangered Pinsapar firs stands above a village in Andalucía.
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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Pico Basilé

It's been nearly a century since this volcano, the tallest mountain in Equatorial Guinea, erupted.
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Kapilvastu, Nepal

Kudan Archaeological Site

The site where Sakyamuni Buddha first met his father after achieving enlightenment.
Edward Denny Added by Edward Denny
St. Augustine, Florida

Monson Steps

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.
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Nazaré, Portugal

'Veado'

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.
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Thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột, Vietnam

The World Coffee Museum

Drink and learn at this striking ode to coffee culture and history.
Added by Omnia Saed
Ottawa, Ontario

Pandemic Bridge at Porter's Island

The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.
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New Orleans, Louisiana

St. Louis Cathedral

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.
Doc Nicholas Added by Doc Nicholas
Dublin, Ireland

Glasnevin Cemetery and Museum

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.
Jenny Snook Added by Jenny Snook
Melbourne, Australia

'The Public Purse'

This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.
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Tournai, Belgium

Belfry of Tournai

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico

Alamogordo Landfill

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Despotovac, Serbia

Park Maketa

A little theme park full of miniature monasteries and churches, made by hand.
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Paris, France

Mundolingua

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.
Handsome Dan Added by Handsome Dan
Milan, Italy

Monumental Cemetery of Milan

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.
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Riola, Italy

Rocchetta Mattei

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
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Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania

The Sonorous Stones of Ringing Rocks Park

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.