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The Vault in Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, Canada

Inside the Bow Flats Natural area, just off the Trans-Canada Highway is a large tunnel carved into the north facing slope of Mt. McGillivray's solid limestone.The tunnel leads into the mountain to two...

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Mezyad Fort in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates have no shortage of desert fortresses, most of which are recently renovated and designed to cater for the huge swath of tourists who visit every year. But for those with a more...

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Timbac Mummy Caves in Kabayan , Philippines

Hidden far off the beaten in the northern Philippines, the native Ibaloi community of Kabayan has been hiking up to the nearby Timbac caves to inter their dead for hundreds of years, but now the ever...

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Church of St. Luke, Liverpool in Liverpool, England

Built in the early 1800's in an ornate architectural style, the Church of St. Luke was to be a tranquil gem in the heart of Liverpool until it was nearly destroyed during the World War II Liverpool...

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The Wreck of the Mary D. Hume in Gold Beach, Oregon

With 97 years of active service, The Mary D. Hume still holds the record for longest serving vessel of the Pacific Coast, and her retirement continues to this day as she slowly rots away near an Oregon...

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Fort Saint Pieter in Maastricht, Netherlands

Constructed in the 18th century to defend the strategically important city of Maastricht in the Netherlands, the Fort Saint Pieter is a fantastical looking hexagonal construction full of tunnels and...

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Sagano Bamboo Forest in Kyoto, Japan

Growing tall on the edges of Kyoto, the Sagano Bamboo Forest is a once tranquil nature spot that is now a series of tourist-packed pathways, but if one can escape the sounds of camera shutters and...

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Avenue of the Baobabs in Menabe , Madagascar

The dirt road linking Morondava and Belo Tsiribihina in Madagascar is framed by dozens of rare and ancient baobab trees creating a setting so beautiful and unique that it may become the country's first...

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Ursula Island in Palawan, Philippines

A bird sanctuary with pristine white sand and not a beach resort in sight, Ursula Island is a small island located offshore from the municipality of Bataraza, in the Philippines that invites you to its...

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Takkoku no Iwaya Bishamondo in Hiraizumi, Japan

Accented by the northernmost Japanese Buddha image, the Takkoku no Iwaya Bishamondo temple was built over a thousand years ago on the site of a warlord's slave pen.At the beginning of the 9th century,...

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The Fence in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University students painted a fence for 70 years, with the Guinness Book of World Records calling it "the most painted object in the world" with six inches of paint covering it. It...

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Par-King in Lincolnshire, Illinois

Between the 1950's kitsch and elaborate skill shot obstacles across the pair of courses in Illinois' Par-King it has earned its title as the "World's Most Unusual Golf Course."The entertaining...

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Sean's Bar in Athlone, Ireland

Sitting in a traditional Irish neighborhood on the bank of the River Shannon, Sean's Bar is a quintessential Irish public house which makes sense as it predates all of them, and maybe even every bar...

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Clayton Tunnel North Portal in Hassocks, West Sussex

Nestled above a railway tunnel, built into the side of the South Down hills, is an imposing Gothic folly evocatively referred to as Clayton Tunnel North Portal. Originally constructed in 1841, the...

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Linger Eatuary in Denver, Colorado

From historic mortuary to ultra-cool eatery, Denver's Linger Eatuary has made quite the transition during its almost century in existence. The hip and usually-packed Denver restaurant Linger is as open...

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Gjirokaster Castle in Gjirokaster, Albania

Looming over the Albanian town of Gjirokaster, the castle that was gradually built by hundreds of years of despots and dictators now houses the aging reminders of their World War resistance to Western...

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Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda in Milton Keynes , United Kingdom

Although a somewhat unlikely location in the English of Willen Lake North in Milton Keynes, is the location of the first peace pagoda to be built in the Western world.A peace pagoda is a Buddhist...

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Herodium in Tall Furaydis, Israel

Built some time around 40 BCE, the hilltop palace known as Herodium was established by the biblical king Herod after he proved victorious against the local forces of the time.Herod was known as one of...

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Cheyenne Mountain Nuclear Bunker in El Paso County , Colorado

Extending deep into a Colorado mountainside, the Cheyenne Mountain Nuclear Bunker may be the most recognizable semi-secret base in American history thanks to its appearances on both the big and small...

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Crystals of Refrain in Aghtsk, Armenia

Created by Geographer-at-Large Eames Demetrios, Kcymaerxthaere is a "parallel universe that intersects with much of our linear Earth, but with different stories, creatures, peoples, even laws of...

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