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Marble Falls Township, Arkansas

Dogpatch USA

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
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Golden Valley, Arizona

Santa Claus, Arizona

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
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Chiavari, Italy

Colonia Fara

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.
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Monterosso al Mare, Italy

Il Gigante

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
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Guatape, Colombia

Guatapé

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.
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Blimbing, Indonesia

Kampung Tridi

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.
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Riomaggiore, Italy

Via dell’Amore

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.
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Carrara, Italy

Cava Museo

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.
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Vernazza, Italy

Cinque Terre

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
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Vancouver, British Columbia

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.
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New Paltz, New York

Huguenot Street

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
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Candelo, Italy

Ricetto of Candelo

A perfectly preserved example of a fortified Medieval ricetto.
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Pramarzo, Italy

Temple of Damanhur

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.
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Siavonga, Zambia

Chirundu Fossil Forest

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.
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Lusaka, Zambia

Lusaka National Museum's Witchcraft Exhibit

Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.
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Lusaka, Zambia

Zesco Cooling Tower

The abandoned tower is the last remnant of Lusaka's first major power plant.
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Seattle, Washington

Denny Substation

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.
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Waddamana, Australia

Waddamana Power Station

The decommissioned station is now a museum packed with antiquated hydroelectricity artifacts.
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Ashalim, Israel

Ashalim Power Station

Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.
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Ramat Negev Regional Council, Israel

Makhtesh Ramon

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.
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Despotovac, Serbia

Manasija Monastery

This 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery also contained a school for illuminating manuscripts.
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Breznica, Serbia

Monastery Blagoveštenje Gornjačko

This outcropping was once home to a medieval monastery destroyed during the Ottoman conquest.
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Strmosten, Serbia

Veliki Buk Waterfall

A hidden stream deep in the mountains creates one of the largest tufa waterfalls in Serbia.
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Milanovac, Serbia

Krupaj Spring

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.
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