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Idle Hour in Los Angeles, California
The Idle Hour is a whiskey-barrel shaped bar in North Hollywood that recalls the glory days of novelty roadside architecture.By the dawning of World War II in Los Angeles, quirky commercial...
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Alton Bay Seaplane Base in Alton, New Hampshire
Thanks to the wide-open spaces of the great U.S. of A. there is plenty of room to create long earthen runways, but there is still one landing strip made purely of ice that opens up during the cold...
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Labyrinth Park of Horta in Barcelona, Spain
The archetypical hedge maze sitting in the center of Barcelona's Parc del Laberint d'Horta (Labyrinth Park of Horta) is one of the city's hidden gems, having delighted visitors for centuries making it...
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in...
With one of the longest names of any place in the United Kingdom the Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is unmistakable, which is exactly what the people who...
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Hell House Altar in Ilchester, Maryland
Buried in the woods of Patapsco Valley State Park are the ruins of St. Mary's College, and since the main buildings have been torn down a single stone gazebo still shelters a metal cross despite the...
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Dularcha Rail Tunnel in Landsborough, Australia
Hidden deep within Australia's Dularcha National Park is an eerie concrete tunnel that once allowed trains to pass through the hills but now simply exists to creep out hikers and house a little...
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Carnival de Oruro in Oruro, Bolivia
While the Carnival de Oruro has been taking place in the Bolivian city of Oruro for countless centuries it was only in recent times that the significant, and quite odd, Christian themes were added to...
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Palacio de Cristal in Madrid, Spain
Built to mirror a similar structure in London which was installed just over 30 years earlier, Madrid's Palacio de Cristal (Crystal Palace) is a lovely architectural jewel that recalls an era when...
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Cathkin Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow's Cathkin Stadium was once the home of the mighty Third Lanark Athletic Club football team but today its stands as a specter of its former glory with naught but cracked cement stands to remind...
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Castle Nieuwenhoven in Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Like many palaces, Belgium's Castle Nieuwenhoven has been home to both holy men and nobles but after having expanded and grown for centuries, it is now open to anyone as both a historical treasure and...
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Nevertold Casket Company in Seattle, Washington
Opened in 2014, the Nevertold Casket Company is spooky little store on the ground floor of a Seattle apartment building that collects rare curios which purport to be haunted, all in the name of keeping...
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Paracas Candelabra in Paracas, Peru
Etched deep into a Peruvian seaside hill, the Paracas Candelabra, more colloquially known as the "Candelabra of the Andes," is a massive geoglyph whose origin is still unknown.Thanks to carbon dating...
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The Traveling Man in Dallas , Texas
Depending on which corner of the Dallas neighborhood you find yourself on you might catch a different chapter of the story of giant robot, The Traveling Man, be it his birth, his stroll or his rest....
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Whales of Iceland in Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland has a rich history with the giants of the sea and while visitors to the country can sign up for a variety of whale watching tours, the only way to really take in the full scope and beauty of...
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Eightmile Island in Coolin, Idaho
A century ago it took three days to travel from Spokane, Washington to Eightmile Island in Priest Lake, Idaho—first by train, then by horse-drawn buckboard, then by either rowboat or the steamer that...
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The Molai Forest in Assam, India
For many people the sight of a dead snakes would be an unpleasant but not tragic image, but for Indian activist Jadav "Molai" Payeng it was a call to action that inspired him to create an entire...
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Dashrath Manjhi Road in Gehlaur, India
Forget reality shows about the subject, the ultimate tale of man vs. nature may be the story of Dashrath Manjhi who single-handedly carved a road through an entire mountain that had been isolating his...
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Fitzpatrick's Herbal Health in Rawtenstall, England
Created during the temperance movement that swept through Lancashire, England and beyond near the end of the 1800s, Fitzpatrick's Herbal Health shop was the only store to survive through the years as...
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Hallo Bay Bear Camp in Homer, Alaska
A small huddle of tents sit on the shores of Alaska's Hallo Bay, open for visitors to come and hang out just feet from the powerful, and more than a little terrifying, brown bears that call the area...
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The Embassy of the Republic of Texas in London, Westminster
Berry Brothers & Rudd is one of London's most venerable wine merchants. Located a few doors down from St. James's Palace in the City of Westminster, they have been providing wines, ports, and...
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