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Rome, Italy

Villa Doria Pamphili Park

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.
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Rome, Italy

Borromini's Perspective Gallery of Palazzo Spada

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.
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Rome, Italy

Profondo Rosso

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
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Rome, Italy

Passetto di Borgo

The Pope’s secret escape route.
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Rome, Italy

Torquato Tasso's Oak Tree

The charred, dead skeleton of an oak tree is said to have consoled a dying 16th-century Italian poet.
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Kuril Islands, Russia

The Kuril Islands

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.
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Iceland

Aldeyjarfoss

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.
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Rockall, Scotland

Rockall

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.
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Eagle, Alaska

Poker Creek

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.
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Dawson City, Yukon

The Sourtoe Cocktail

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Davis Station, Antarctica

Antarctic Sculpture Garden

Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.
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Chad

Guelta d'Archei

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.
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Miami Beach, Florida

The Wolfsonian-FIU

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.
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Bath, Maine

Bath-Tsugaru Torii Gate

Maine's only authentic torri gate celebrates a longstanding international relationship that started with the rescue of four sailors.
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Harvard, Massachusetts

Fruitlands Museum

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.
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Queens, New York

St. James Deli

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.
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Queens, New York

76th Street Subway Station

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.
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Nunavut

Sub-Sub-Sub Island on Victoria Island

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.
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Rome, Italy

Mausoleum of Augustus

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.
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Rome, Italy

Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
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Rome, Italy

Mercatus Traiani (Trajan's Market)

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.
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Rome, Italy

Durandal's Mark

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.
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Rome, Italy

Il Facchino

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.
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Florence, Italy

Galileo's Middle Finger

The middle finger of modernity.
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