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Farmacia Y Botanica Million Dollar in Los Angeles, California

While the greater Los Angeles area has no shortage of Santeria Botanicas, this one is an eccentric among eccentrics.All true witch doctors know that to pick up everything one might need for potions and...

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American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Containing more instruments on public display than any other collection in the world, the American Banjo Museum is a thoroughly modern facility devoted to a historically analog instrument.Appropriated...

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St. Andrew's Church Murals in Pasadena, California

If you’ve always dreamed of viewing the great works of the Renaissance masters but haven’t had the opportunity to visit Italy, a day in St. Andrew's is as close as you can get while confined to...

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Trick Eye Museum in Mapo-Gu, South Korea

Tromp l'oeil is a classical artistic technique wherein the artist attempts to create a two-dimensional image that appears to exist in three-dimensions. The Trick Eye Museum in South Korea celebrates...

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Mahr Building in Telluride, Colorado

Despite looking identical to the standard faux-rustic edifices surrounding the building on either side, the Mahr Building in Telluride, Colorado sits on the site of famous outlaw Butch Cassidy's first...

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Chester Rows in Chester, United Kingdom

The small medieval town of Chester, England is home to a unique double-decker architectural design, the origins of which are unknown despite their continued implementation.     The Chester Rows are an...

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Spoonbridge and Cherry in Minneapolis, Minnesota

As far as iconic pieces of public art go, none may be as daringly modern or whimsical as Minneapolis' iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry.This giant spoon and cherry was erected in 1985 by artist Claes...

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Salla Reindeer Park in Salla, Finland

Reindeer are a way of life for many of the Fins living above the Arctic Circle in Lapland.This otherworldly landscape blanked in snow with a roof of Northern Lights overhead is dotted with wild...

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Most SNP in Bratislava, Slovakia

Straddling the Danube in the city of Bratislava, Most SNP (short for Most Slovenského národného povstania, which is in turn translated to "Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising") is meant to honor a...

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Govanhill Baths in Glasgow, United Kingdom

Opened in 1914, Govanhill Baths were the hub of the Govanhill community in Glasgow.With domestic washing machines still a futuristic dream and most of the tenements utilizing shared toilets, this was...

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Yamadera Temple Complex in Yamagata, Japan

Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and feel the cool air at the top of Yamadera fill your lungs. Now open your eyes and be rewarded. The Buddhist temples of Yamadera feature a viewing deck, called...

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Tripod Rock in Pyramid Mountain, New Jersey

New Jersey's Tripod Rock is a glacial erratic, meaning it is a stone that differs in size and formation from the other rocks in the area and the way it is perched on a "tripod" of three much smaller...

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Ayr Town Hall Cells in Ayr, Scotland

Underneath town hall in the historic Scottish town of Ayr, lie 12 prison cells which have been preserved since the Victorian era, but are now used for storage of everything from cleaning supplies to...

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Heyri Art Valley in Paju-si, South Korea

The door of artist residence Motif#1 is open. Always. That’s just how it is at the Korean artist compound known as the Heyri Art Valley, where artists live, work, and display their pieces in an...

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Elephant Seals of Año Nuevo State Park in Pescadero, California

Año Nuevo Beach is perhaps the most physcially accessible rookery of the Northern Elephant Seal (most others occur on coastal islands). Thousand of pups are born there each year, products of the...

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The Mojave Desert Mailbox in Old Mojave Road, California

Your butt may be sore from the rough road but if you stop to have a picnic around mile marker 74 on the Old Mojave Road, you will find one of the least accessible mailboxes in the United States.A...

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Vermontasaurus in Thetford, Vermont

The massive collection of scrap wood that is vaguely built into the shape of a four-legged creature known as the Vermontasaurus is large enough to have been considered a building at one point. Created...

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Saint-Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

At the historic Maison de santé Saint-Paul de Mausole, aspiring artists and fans of mental illness can walk in the footsteps Post-Impressionism’s premiere artist, Vincent Van Gogh.St. Rémy-de-Provence...

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Rock It Suda in Jeongseon-gun, South Korea

Kim Jae Il had a dream. A dream that one day, on the color dotted hills of Jeongseon, music and architecture would melt together in brotherhood. It was a dream which Korean architect Moon Hoon turned...

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Burnside Fountain - Turtle Boy in Worcester, Massachusetts

When Harriet Burnside died in 1904, she left $5,000 in her will to finance a commemorative memorial for her father.Whether or not she would have approved of the memorial that ultimately emerged will...

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