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Lambay Island
Lambay IslandWallabies live naturally on this Irish islandDespite being 10,000 miles from their native land of Australia, a group of wallabies has made Lambay Island home for the last 25 years. In the...
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San Lucas Island Prison Graffiti
San Lucas Island Prison GraffitiDisused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human bloodFor 120 years, San Lucas Island Prison was home to the most vicious criminals in Costa Rica....
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Fier's Ship House
Fier's Ship HouseGigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern AlbaniaA good distance inland from the blue-green Adriatic Sea, and with no harbor in sight for miles, this strange house that...
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Tirana's Colorful Facade
Tirana's Colorful FacadeWhat happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?All across the former communist states of eastern Europe, drab, boxy buildings dominate the landscape. Some cities like Prague...
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Cooper's Cabin
Cooper's CabinSmall rustic cabin nested in the mountains of Killington, VTThe mountains of Killington, Vermont are full of secret surprises. Among the abandoned trails, man-made forest routes, and...
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Republic of Minerva
Republic of MinervaA failed utopia, shut-down by a more legitimate nation Although many utopian societies seem doomed from the outset, the Republic of Minerva was up against a unique challenge:...
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Alyosha Statue
Alyosha StatueA monument to the defenders of the arctic in Murmansk, RussiaIn 1941, Soviet forces in Murmansk finally gained ground and pushed back against the invading Nazi army. A turning point in...
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Milan's Hidden Bomb Shelters
Milan's Hidden Bomb SheltersA vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital As the city above whirls with commotion, just below the streets and a few layers of concrete lies an immense...
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The Zaisan Memorial
The Zaisan Memorial A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capitalIn many ways, the Zaisan Memorial is a massive show of appreciation for the...
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Borobudur
BorobudurHundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian templeBuilt in the late 8th century, Borobudur temple took an army of workers and 60,000 cubic meters of lava rock to construct. Yet despite...
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Gate Tower Building
Gate Tower BuildingThree floors are rented out to the Japanese highway systemFor the most part, 16-story buildings in Osaka do not stick out that much. Unless of course a raised highway bisects them,...
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Hôtel de Glace
Hôtel de GlaceCanadian hotel with a four-month lifespanComprised of 15,000 tons of snow and 500,000 tons of ice, the Hôtel de Glace is a massive undertaking, yet each year it disappears completely...
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The Bell Witch Cave
The Bell Witch CaveHome of an evil witch, where she lurked and performed good deeds for childrenIn late summer 1817, a vicious, evil witch began to terrorize the Bell family on their Tennessee farm....
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International Yarn Bombing Day
International Yarn Bombing DayKnitting isn't just for grandmothers and counter-culture isn't just for punksHaving first appeared in 2004 in the Netherlands, yarn bombing has slowly become an...
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Hicksville Trailer Palace
Hicksville Trailer PalaceAn eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desertDown a long dirt road in an undisclosed location deep in Joshua Tree, there is an escape from the city,...
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Kowloon Walled City Park
Kowloon Walled City ParkRemnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years At its peak, Kowloon had a population density of 3,300,000 people per square...
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Dwarf Empire Amusement Park
Dwarf Empire Amusement ParkTheme park offers a new life in mushroom castles for China's little peopleDwarf Empire seems like the most exploitative amusement park on earth. Yet despite the political...
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Tree Hotel
Tree HotelA series of treehouse hotel rooms on the outskirts of an Arctic forest Just clicks below the Arctic Circle in the tiny village of Harads is an unusual "hotel." Sweden's TreeHotel is a series...
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5 Beekman Street
5 Beekman StreetBeautiful empty building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District.In New York City, where space seems to be a luxury, as busy streets fill crowded edifices of offices and...
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Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Gifts
Ingebretsen's Scandinavian GiftsHub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deliWhen Charles Ingebretsen immigrated from Norway to the midwest in the early 20th century, he had no grand plans to...
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