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Nick Drake's Grave in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire
In his lifetime, English singer-songwriter Nick Drake did not see much success for his expressive, emotionally raw music, but his gentle tunes eventually grew in popularity, making his gravesite a...
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Sterkfontein Caves in Sterkfontein, South Africa
Situated in an area of South Africa known as the "Cradle of Humankind", the Sterkfontein Caves have produced some of the finest remains of early man anywhere in the world.This system of limestone caves...
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Four Corners Monument (Canada Edition) in Nunavut, Canada
Located deep within a taiga forest, the Canadian Four Corners monument marks much the same thing as its American cousin: the meeting of four territorial corners on a single spot. Miles into the...
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Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
During a large portion of the 1990's Sarajevo was under siege by Serbian forces who controlled almost the entire city, however Bosniak loyalists built a tunnel which would secretly supply much of the...
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Palenque in Mexico
In 1746, a Spanish priest and his family discovered the ruins of Palenque while looking for new lands to cultivate.The first Europeans to lay eyes upon the magnificent site of Palenque were so...
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Condominio Insurgentes in Mexico City, Mexico
When it was built in 1958 Mexico City's Condominio Insurgenteswere to be a shining jewel of residential and commercial space, but after an earthquake damaged the building's structure it is a...
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The Rock and Fossil and Dinosaur Shop in Deerfield, Massachusetts
Like many of its roadside brethren, The Rock and Fossil and Dinosaur Shop has a collection of home-made dinosaur statues, but their real love is for geology and rocks. Located in rural Massachusetts,...
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Cape Romano's Dome House in Marco Island, Florida
Built in Florida in 1981 on the southern tip of Marco Island, the Dome House is an igloo-like concrete complex made up of white dome chambers. A veil of mystery always surrounded the house; secret...
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Kalavantin Durg in Machiprabal, India
When nature gives you a 2,300 foot stone spire, its time to make a strategic lookout. At least that must have been the logic behind the ancient Kalavantin Durg.Nothing more than a small cave built into...
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Antwerp Ruien in Antwerp, Belgium
The Belgian city of Antwerp began as a small settlement built on a series of low hills which formed a series of canals in their depressions, and after centuries of building and waste-dumping, these...
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Knightridge Space Observatory in Bloomington, Indiana
Buried in the Indiana wilderness, the abandoned Knightridge Space Observatory is astronomy's answer to the eerie backwoods shack.A simple, two-story telescope dome, the observatory was built between...
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Yaxchilan in Yaxchilan, Mexico
Serious fans of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark can fulfill every unmet fantasy of reenacting the opening scene here at Yaxchilan.Set along the Usumacinta River with Guatemala just on the other side,...
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Lick Observatory in San Jose, California
High atop California's Mount Hamilton, the double domes of the Lick Observatory never stop staring at the stars thanks to its live-in science crew.Built between 1876 and 1887, the Lick Observatory was...
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Buddha's Nostril in Nara, Japan
There are a number of wonders inside Japan's gorgeous Tōdai-ji Temple including the world's largest brass Buddha statue, but the most memorable feature would have to be Buddha's Nostril. Nothing more...
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Mosaic Tile House in Venice, California
Venice Beach is known for its boardwalk filled with colorful eccentric people.The houses, buildings, and structures that dot this area also reflect this "rainbow coalition" of people. From simple beach...
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Concrete City in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Thought by many to be the first example of tract housing, the so-called Concrete City in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania was an exercise in institutional architecture which has deteriorated into indestructible...
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Bracken Cave in San Antonio, Texas
At dusk each summer, the skies over Bracken Cave fill with bats, pouring from the entrance of the ancient sinkhole.An estimated twenty million tiny flying mammals take up residence in this cave between...
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Pangolin Rehabilitation Center in Cambodia
The wonderfully weird pangolin is one of nature's oddities: the only known mammal to be covered in hard keratin scales, they live in trees, eat insects with a long sticky tongue, and roll into a spiny...
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Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines in Blackpool, Lancashire
The elaborately named Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines at Blackpool Pleasure Beach is possibly the oldest, still-operating amusement ride in Europe, but it was a horrible disappointment to its...
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Cape Romano Dome House in Marco Island, Florida
Built in Florida in 1981 on the southern tip of Florida's Marco Island, the ultra-modern Dome House is a complex of stilted concrete igloos slowly being reclaimed by the sea. A number of legends have...
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