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Guoliang Tunnel

Guoliang TunnelA tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in ChinaThe village of Guoliang had a problem. High in the Taihang...

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Graves of The Reno Gang

Graves of The Reno GangThe lynching and burial site of America's first train robbersOn a clear, bright day in Seymour, Indiana, you can see pretty far into the past. Once a prominent railway hub during...

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The Royal Regalia Museum

The Royal Regalia MuseumA well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.Sitting just up the street from Bandar Seri Begawan’s main intersection sits the Royal Regalia...

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Forest Lawn Cemetery

Forest Lawn Cemetery An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebritiesForest Lawn is one of the most eclectic cemeteries you'll ever come across. Along...

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Surfing the Amazon

Surfing the AmazonOnce a year, ambitious surfers can ride the world's largest riverThe visuals are surreal. Surfers, in their typical wetsuit outerwear, riding a 12-foot wall of water, with that...

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Carnivore Restaurant

Carnivore RestaurantKenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast'Hidden within a tropical garden and adorned with a loud, colorful décor, The...

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Gippsland Lake Bioluminescence

Gippsland Lake BioluminescenceAustralian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca ScintillansThe conditions were rare, and they were perfect. Starting with a series of bush fires in 2006, followed by torrential...

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The Glen

The GlenA tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another worldThere are arboretums, and then there are herb gardens. There are mountains, and then there are hills. And in...

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Boothill Cemetery

Boothill CemeteryA segregated cemetery in the ghost town of Tombstone, Arizona provides a window into the wild westIn these modern times, death is portrayed as uncommon and tragic - often hidden from...

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World's Largest Coca-Cola Logo

World's Largest Coca-Cola Logo70,000 empty bottles of Coke comprise an ad seen only from the airIn 2006, KFC launched a rebranding campaign, complete with a 65,000-foot-wide logo in the Mojave desert....

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El Caminito del Rey (The King's Little Pathway)

El Caminito del Rey (The King's Little Pathway)Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway in serious disrepair draws visitors hoping to cross it illegally.In 1901, a pathway was built across the El...

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Atami Adult Museum

Atami Adult MuseumMuseum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean viewsThe city of Atami, located in the far eastern corner of Shizuoka Prefecture is famous for its hot springs, and in fact...

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Osmington White Horse

Osmington White HorseWant to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of townThe 280 ft. long and 323 ft. high hill figure of King George III riding his horse away...

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Peter Buchs House and Sculpture Garden

Peter Buchs House and Sculpture GardenA whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countrysideIn America, the concept of "Outsider Art" has been taken to extremes, and at this point a work of art...

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Abandoned Henry River Mill Village

Abandoned Henry River Mill VillageAn abandoned village that doubled as The Hunger Games' post-apocolyptic wasteland is up for grabsWestern ghost towns get all the attention. Tourists flock to the dusty...

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King Clone

King CloneA ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.Located in the Mojave Desert, these Creosote bushes have been discovered as being a single organism called a clonal colony....

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Dighton Rock

Dighton RockA coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and moreDighton Rock State Park houses a tiny museum which...

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Old Operating Theatre

Old Operating TheatreIn this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanestisized patientsHoused in the attic of St. Thomas Church, Britan's oldest surviving...

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Electric Brae

Electric BraeAn optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon Named "The Electric Brae" by Victorians, this cliffside road was thought to be pulled by the "electricity" of the offshore...

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Blackgang Chine

Blackgang ChineThe UKs oldest theme park slowly slips awayNestled on a cliff top along the Jurassic coast of the Isle of Wight, the weird and wonderful Blackgang Chine boasts more than twenty...

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