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George Peabody Library in Baltimore, Maryland
College libraries can be claustrophobic, institutional affairs that seem more concerned with eliminating distractions than providing an scholarly atmosphere, but the George Peabody Library on the...
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Bastøy Prison in Horten, Norway
Just under 50 miles off the coast of Norway's capitol city of Oslo is tiny Bastøy Island, more accurately known as Bastøy Prison which has a legacy of incarceration going back over a century during...
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The Rock in the House in Fountain City, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's House on the Rock is one of the strangest, most incredible places on Earth, but a scant hundred miles away is a much simpler curiosity with a startlingly similar monicker.Fountain City'...
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Celestial Vault in The Hague, Netherlands
The astronomical optical illusion/art installation in the Hagu, known as the Celestial Vault is a curious location that is equal parts Druidic stone altar and stark modern landscaping which allows...
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Lotus Lake Taoist Complex in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
The Taoist temple complex located on Lotus Lake in the Zuoying District on the northern outskirts of Kaohsiung City is a gorgeous collection of traditional architecture accompanied by a number of giant...
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Familistère de Guise in Guise, France
French cast-iron stove manufacturer (as well as social reformer and philosopher) Jean-Baptiste André Godin was a life-long believer in worker's rights and when he got the chance to provide his factory...
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Museo del Juguete Antiguo México in Mexico City, Mexico
Opened in 2006 and showing off over 20,000 playthings from the early 20th century, Mexico's Museo del Juguete Antiguo México (Old Toy Museum of Mexico) gives curious visitors an alternate history of...
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Jolly Green Giant Statue in Blue Earth, Minnesota
Blue Earth may claim to be the birthplace of the ice cream sandwich, but anyone who has driven through this sleepy southern Minnesota town knows that its true renown comes from a healthier food icon: a...
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Longyou Caves in Quzhou Shi, China
For as long as anyone could remember the ponds of Longyou County were thought of as "bottomless," but when one local set out to see how deep they really were he discovered the first in a series of...
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Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina
The Duke Lemur Center is not a center for college-educated prosimians from Madagascar, but is instead the world's largest sanctuary for lemurs, lorises, and bush babies. In addition to its conservation...
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Passage du Gois in Noirmoutier Island, France
If you need to get from the French mainland to the little island of Noirmoutier you'd had better hurry because the road will literally disappear beneath your feet. Running almost three miles across the...
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Big Blue Bug in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence's take on the Statue of Liberty, the Big Blue Bug welcomes Rhode Islanders and perplexed visitors alike to the city from the roof of a pest control company that he helped bring to...
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Shanghai Natural Museum in Shanghai, China
With so much in Shanghai looking glitzy and new, finding an authentic gem from the old world is like a breath of air, even if it's musty and more than a bit past its sell-by-date like the Shanghai...
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Rocsen Museum in Nono, Argentina
In 1959 Juan Santiago Bouchon arrived from France to Nono, Cordoba, Argentina with a vision and a passion for collecting. Ten years later he opened a "multifaceted museum" dedicated to mankind and its...
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Eternal Spring Shrine in Xiulin Township, Taiwan
Built right into a lush Taiwanese cliffside, the Eternal Spring Shrine (Changchun Shrine) in the Taroko Gorge combines the beauty of the surrounding natural features with calming temple architecture to...
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Chicken Boy in Los Angeles, California
Standing sentinel over the City of Angels is a feathery guardian whose precious yellow bucket is always at the ready whenever visitors look up in search of an oddity. This hero's name is Chicken...
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Major Oak in Nottinghamshire, England
Luxuriously spreading its crooked limbs out over the small clearing it calls its own, the massive Major Oak of Sherwood Forest has long been a celebrity arbor that was said to have harbored Robin Hood...
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Cenote Zací in Valladolid, Mexico
One of many cenotes—water-filled sinkholes—that dot the Yucatán peninsula, Cenote Zací is located within the small city of Valladolid, which was built on the site the Mayan settlement of Zací from...
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The Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges, Belgium
Each year, forty days after the Easter holiday, the largest procession in the city of Bruges, Belgium takes to the streets to parade around a vial of what is said to be the blood of Jesus Christ so...
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Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Rising 221 feet above surrounding Charlestown, Massachusetts, the granite Bunker Hill Monument commemorates the famous Revolutionary War battle that took place on... Breed's Hill. Don't worry, they...
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