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State Street in Bristol, Virginia
Lest they become an income tax nightmare the twin cities of Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia are two separate territories, each in their respective state, but one might be hard pressed to tell since the...
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Provand's Lordship in Glasgow, Scotland
Only four buildings still stand that were built during Dublin's medieval period, and one of the oldest of them is a home now known as Provand's Lordship, which wears its middle ages design on the...
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Tree Mountain in Ylöjärvi, Finland
While the pointed hill in Ylöjärvi, Finland known as Tree Mountain now looks like an oddly symmetrical natural forest, it is actually a colossal work of man-made art that stands as the world's first...
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Bagan in Bagan Archeological Zone, Burma
What was likely a wondrous metropolis of ornate, gleaming temple spires ritual artistry, the former city of Bagan on the plains of central Burma is possibly even more beautiful and mysterious now that...
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Lala Khal in Lala Khal, Bangladesh
In the northeast corner of Bangladesh, at the border with India, the Himalayas stop. The Himalayas (Sanskrit for “abode of the snow”) dissolve into gentle slopes blanketed in shrubs of tea, and the...
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Remains of the Royal Suspension Chain Pier in Brighton, United Kingdom
As the water level lowers with the tide on the shore of Brighton, England, a strange grouping of petrified wooden stumps and Cyclopean blocks are slowly revealed, the only remnants of an early...
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Petrified Sea Garden in Saratoga Springs, New York
Hidden off the beaten path in Saratoga Springs, New York is what appears to be a series of large stone slabs bearing strange circular patterns not unlike giant fingerprints, but these are actually the...
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The Joker's Chair in Dublin, Ireland
Just a short distance away from the powers-that-be in Ireland, the Joker's Chair is a memorial to one of the country's most beloved alternative comedians, Dermot Morgan, who made his career satirizing...
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A Monument to Vimto in Manchester, United Kingdom
Regionally sourced soft drinks like New England's Moxie or the strongly western American RC Cola tend to inspire fanatical devotion and outright disgust in equal measure and England's Vitmo is no...
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Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory in Dawsonville, Georgia
The first step in creating an nuclear powered vehicle is to see if it can even withstand the likely exposure to radiation it, and the surrounding environment, will receive. Of course the best way to...
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Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Hayakawa, Japan
Nestled among a number of picturesque hot springs in the mountains of Kyoto, the traditionally-styled Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in the Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, is recognized as the world's oldest...
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Office of Personnel Management Retirement Operations Center in Boyers,...
Located inside a mountain in what were once the caverns of a limestone mine, the Office of Personnel Management Retirement Operations Center (OPMROC) is a massive physical file cavern/empire that would...
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Victoria Baths in Manchester, United Kingdom
Located in Manchester, England, the Victoria Baths were originally a lush public bath house that catered to flocks of local bathers, but by the 1990s the ornate public pool had fallen into disrepair,...
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Momentum in Chandler, Arizona
Perched atop an angular modern pillar at the edge of an Arizona parking lot is an impressionist piece of prairie trash that cost the local taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. Collectively, this...
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Nicosia International Airport in Egkomi, Cyprus
Once the central airport in the country of Cyprus, the Nicosia International Airport was abandoned after a military coup and now sits amidst the demilitarized zone between two countries, slowly...
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Hawkstone Park in Weston, United Kingdom
Centered around the Downton Abbey-esque Hawkstone Hall, the grounds of Hawkstone Park are a fantastical maze of trails, follies, stone stairs, and generally otherworldly vistas, but the whole thing was...
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Thrihnukagigur Volcano in Reykjavik, Iceland
Volcanos are usually things to be admired from a safe distance, but inside of most everyone is an excitable inner voice that really just wants to climb into that caldera and see what its like inside....
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Tumbleweed Christmas Tree in Chandler , Arizona
Christmas traditions can be a challenge in places that rarely see a day of cold all year, but in the Arizona city of Chandler, they have simply adapted their traditions to match the climate but forming...
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USS Niagara in Erie, Pennsylvania
The USS Niagara dates back to the War of 1812, one of only two still surviving ships from the battle, and she still sails on Lake Erie. However in a classic example of the Theseus paradox, some may...
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Rollstone Boulder in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
In what may be the most drastic steps ever taken to move and preserve a giant rock, the Rollstone Boulder has been held together with an iron band, blown apart, and put back together again all to save...
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