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Saint Andrews, Scotland

Beggar's Benison Artifacts

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."
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New York, New York

President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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New York, New York

Berlin Wall Section

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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Seoul, South Korea

Seodaemun Prison

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.
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Singapore

Mint Museum of Toys

30 years worth of pressed-tin, bakalite, and characters both loved and forgotten.
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Brooklyn, New York

Madagascar Institute

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.
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Bangkok, Thailand

Nightingale-Olympic

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.
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Brooklyn, New York

Pratt Institute Engine Room

Haven for steampunks.
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Glasgow, Scotland

Britannia Panopticon Music Hall

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Paris, France

Foucault's Pendulum

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.
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New York, New York

5 Beekman Street

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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Ketenovo, North Macedonia

Kuklica

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.
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London, England

Crossbones Graveyard

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
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Brooklyn, New York

Monk Parakeets of Brooklyn College

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.
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East Molesey, England

Magic Tap

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.
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Monroe, New York

Kiryas Joel

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.
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Belfast, Northern Ireland

Lord Mayor’s Parade

Robotic car thieves, freakish animals and huge neon floats in Northern Ireland's capital.
Dampo Added by Dampo
Blackfoot, Idaho

Idaho Potato Museum

This museum glorifies the humble potato.
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Jersey

La Hougue Bie

A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.
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Pristina, Kosovo

National Library of Kosovo

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
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Cairo, Egypt

Cairo's City of the Dead

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.
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Anaheim, California

Disneyland's Club 33

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
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Taos, New Mexico

Taos Pueblo

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
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Nokhur, Turkmenistan

Nokhur Cemetery

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.
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