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Rome, Italy

Via Appia

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
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Athens, Greece

House of Proclus

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.
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Athens, Greece

Lycabettus Funicular

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.
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Portland, Oregon

Transcendence

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
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Portland, Oregon

International Rose Test Garden

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
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Portland, Oregon

Portland Troll Bridge

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
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Portland, Oregon

Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

The magic's in the hole!
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Portland, Oregon

Portland's Shanghai Tunnels

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
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Portland, Oregon

The Faux Museum

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."
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Portland, Oregon

'The Naked Cyclist'

A tribute to a unique bike race that takes place every year.
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Portland, Oregon

Hippo Hardware

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.
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Portland, Oregon

Ota Tofu

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.
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Portland, Oregon

Portland Horse Rings

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.
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Portland, Oregon

Paul Bunyan Statue

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
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London, England

Dirty Dick's

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.
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London, England

London's Rose-Ringed Parakeets

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
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London, England

Tulip Stairs

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.
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London, England

'Out of Order'

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.
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London, England

Allies Sculpture

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
London, England

Billingsgate Roman House and Baths

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
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London, England

Broad Street Cholera Pump

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
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London, England

Finch and Co Antiques

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.
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London, England

The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
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London, England

The Old Curiosity Shop

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
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