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Jenny Jump State Forest in Great Meadows, New Jersey

New Jersey's Warren County offers many options for camping and taking that perfect picture of a rural wooded wonderland but few state forests have as dubious a history as the 4,466 acre Jenny Jump...

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Beco do Batman in São Paulo, Brazil

In a city full of graffiti and street art, no place is more impressive than São Paulo's Beco do Batman (Batman Alley), an open air gallery of street art that started with a simple picture of the...

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Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village in Dalin Village, Taiwan

Since the 1980s, Taiwan's Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village has been educating visitors about the history and customs of the country's native tribes, but even more recently the park has branched out...

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Insulator Ranch in Merritt, Canada

In the arid British Columbia interior, usually associated with cattle and horses, is a ranch of an unique nature where near 7000 glass and porcelain insulators can found in an amazing outdoor...

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Museum of Confiscated Art in Brest, Belarus

Sitting on the border of the tumultuous Soviet Union, the city of Brest, Belarus became a prime destination for art thieves looking to secret their goods across international lines, but thanks to a...

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Vincent City in Guagnano, Italy

Tucked away in the otherwise quaint Italian town of Guagnano is an eye-popping phantasmagoria of tile art and sculpture known as Vincent City. Standing in stark contrast to the surrounding...

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Bloody Pond in Lake George , New York

Hidden inside Lake George, New York is a small body of water with a name that shatters the picturesque atmosphere which traditionally draws thousands of visitors every year.Bloody Pond has been around...

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Wat Phumin in Pha Sing, Thailand

Many visitors to Thailand, have noted a certain amount of "temple fatigue", visiting so many temples that at the end they all look the same and one can quickly lose interest in even the most intriguing...

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Jal Mahal in Jaipur, India

Located in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake, a man-made reservoir created in 1596, the Jal Mahal (or 'Water Palace') only appears to be one story high, although there are four more levels to the...

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Infinite Corridor in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Running nearly the entire length of the MIT campus from the East end to the West, the ambling hallway known to students as the "Infinite Corridor" is not only so packed that it has its own informal...

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Totem Pole Park in Foyil, Oklahoma

Located a few miles off of historic Route 66, one man's collection of homemade, concrete fetish decorations is home to a totem pole so large it actually has a room inside of it.Oklahoma's Totem Pole...

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Cemitério São João Batista in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This cemetery, the only one in south of Rio de Janeiro, forms a formidable maze full of graves, mausoleums and statues.Dating back to 1852, Cemitério São João Batista shows a great variety of...

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Mühlenplatz in Oberweser, Germany

Spread across a bucolic German garden gallery, Mühlenplatz (Mill Place) in Oberweser, Germany is a miniature city full of buildings from all across the country's rich and distinctive past that are...

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Old Petrolandia Church in Petrolandia, Brazil

With just the top of the old church emerging from the reservoir of the state's largest hydroelectric dam, and the citizens of Petrolandia moved away from the rising waters, what was once known as just...

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Ishak Pasha Palace in Doğubeyazıt, Turkey

Despite a lack of many Ottoman architectural flourishes, Turkey's Ishak Pasha Palace has still managed to retain much of the opulence and grandeur of the empire despite having been abandoned for years,...

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Marie Antoinette's in Victoria, Seychelles

A rambling wood-and-iron mansion with a steep metal roof stands from the Seychelles' colonial days. Today it's home to the oldest restaurant in this Indian Ocean island chain.Marie Antoinette's serves...

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Nagoro Village in Nagoro, Japan

While the tiny Japanese village of Nagoro continues to shrink in the face of aging and industry, its population has managed to stay nearly constant thanks to one local artist who has set about creating...

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Norias of Hama in Hama, Syria

The Norias of the Syrian city of Hama are a collection of historic waterwheels so lovely and elaborate that they make classical Western waterwheels look weak in comparison. Unfortunately, after...

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Fort St. Philip in Buras, Louisiana

After existing through war, at least three different ruling powers, and even cult suicide, Fort St. Philip is an ominous, ghostly group of structures that once protected the eastern bank of the...

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The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Although Winston-Salem, North Carolina is known more for tobacco than oil, it is home to the last Shell Oil clamshell station in the United States. Located on the quiet corner of Sprague and Peachtree...

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