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Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Haerbin, China
Massive ice sculptures loom over visitors bundled up against the -15 degree Celsius weather, paired with giant snow carvings a few miles away looking down on the festivities of the Harbin International...
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Bronner's Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, Michigan
Founded in 1945 by Wally Bronner, Bronner's Christmas Wonderland is the world's largest Christmas store, a year-round commercial attraction for all ages. A huge draw for the town of Frankenmuth,...
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Chippewa Falls Christmas Village in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
The residents of Chippewa Falls are very serious about their Christmas traditions.Every year on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) Chippewa Falls is transformed into a Christmas Wonderland....
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Winter Lights in Linköping, Sweden
Each winter the Swedish city of Linköping breaks out its weirdest bulbs and beams to be lit up by public art installations, bringing light to the city when the winter is at its darkest.It was in 2005...
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Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska
When Nellie and Con Miller arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1949, they didn't have anything with them except for their two children and $1.40. Con became a merchant and fur buyer in the area, but he...
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Flooded Crypt of San Francesco in Ravenna, Italy
Built between the 9th and 10th century, the Basilica de San Francesco is itself an architectural masterpiece that has been recognized the world over as one of the most lovely old world churches still...
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Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California
Less than a hundred miles from the highest point in the contiguous United States, Badwater Basin in Death Valley holds the record as the lowest point in all of North America and is generally desolate...
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Scale Model of Shanghai in Shanghai, China
On the third floor of the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum, the future of Shanghai awaits. In what is possibly the largest scale model of a city ever, this mock-up represents China's most populous...
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El Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico
The El Santuario de Chimayo is considered the most important pilgrimage site in the United States. Its popularity owes to the curative powers of the "Tierra Bendita" or "holy dirt" found in a small...
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Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Towering above the University of Pittsburgh campus, the grandly named Cathedral of Learning is a masterpiece of neo-gothic architecture that holds 29 different rooms distinctly themed to different...
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David Grohl Alley in Warren, Ohio
Only the second alley in the world to be named after a rock artist (after Oklahoma's Flaming Lips Alley), Ohio's David Grohl Alley celebrates the career of the acclaimed drummer with a collection of...
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Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Thorncrown Chapel is a beautiful glass church located in the Ozark Mountains that looks conversely like something that either came from the future or was built by elves. Built in 1980 by an architect...
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World's Largest Cross in Effingham, Illinois
Towering above the intersection of Interstates 57 and 70 in southern Illinois, the Cross At The Crossroads, a crucifix nearly 200 feet tall and made with 180 tons of steel is seen by over 50,000...
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San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena, Italy
While construction on the San Cataldo Cemetery, a high-minded architectural proof of concept, was never completed, the intention of the brightly colored grave house can still be discerned from the rows...
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De Wieden National Park Observation Tower in Giethoorn, Netherlands
The old concrete water tower in the De Weiden section of this Netherlands national park was simply sitting empty until a design firm took steps to turn it into a beautifully angular observation tower....
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Brookhaven Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in Upton, New York
Along with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is the only other large particle accelerator in the world, and what is lacks...
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Samúel Jónsson's Art Farm in Selárdalur, Iceland
Located next to the nearly uninhabited valley of Selárdalur, Samúel Jónsson's farm was turned into a huge display of naive art that continues to offer a look into the creator's psyche well after his...
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Hotel Casanus in Kemzeke, Belgium
Originally a cheeky, if titanic, piece of art, the one-room Hotel Casanus is a giant intestinal model that allows guests to spend a cozy night inside a massive colon.Resting in the Verbeke Foundation...
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The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rising three-stories above the central study area on each wall, the book collection contained in the Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading has created one of the most stunning examples of "library porn"...
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Elia in Herning, Denmark
Visible in an ominous flash from the train on the way to Herning, Denmark the huge sculpture known as Elia is a jarring black tribute to industrial design via an abstract vision of Hell.Elia is the...
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