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Ranikot Fort

Ranikot FortThe Great Wall of Sindh, Pakistan's mighty fortNearly everyone on Earth is familiar with the Great Wall of China. The impenetrable wall snaking up and down along several hills is one of the...

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Darra Adam Khel

Darra Adam KhelA city entirely devoted to illegal gun productionThe city of Darra Adam Khel is situated in Khyber Regency, south of the city of Peshawar and close to both the infamous Khyber Pass and...

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Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship

Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship"A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was"A 40-ft-tall rocket ship glimmers in the sunlight on the rare...

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Captain Cook Birthplace Museum

Captain Cook Birthplace MuseumSidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his menOpening its doors on what would have been his...

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James Lind's Memorial Tablet

James Lind's Memorial TabletJames Lind, the world's first experimental nutritionist, is memorialized as "The Hippocrates of naval medicine"An affliction practically nonexistent these days due to its...

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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi’s Grave

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi’s GraveFinal resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcherThe term, “antiscorbutic,” refers to foods that cure scurvy. For centuries, people knew that there were certain foods...

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Big Brutus

Big BrutusThe Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus", the largest existing electric shovel in the worldStrip-mining was changed forever the day that Big Brutus and its giant...

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Ship Breaking Yard of Gadani

Ship Breaking Yard of GadaniThe third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eery shipping graveyard in southern PakistanUncluttered beaches with gleaming white sand and gently lapping...

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The Observation Tower

The Observation TowerLocated right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest. The Jubiläumswarte (translated to the Jubilee tower) is an observation tower located in...

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Somerset Bridge

Somerset BridgeThe world's smallest drawbridgeAt 22 inches wide the Somerset Bridge is said to be the world’s smallest drawbridge. The bridge is just wide enough for the mast of a well-sailed sail boat...

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Exeter UFO Festival

Exeter UFO FestivalAnnual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the townOn a September night in 1965, on a dark road just outside of the town of Exeter, a local 18-year-old...

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Argonaute Submarine

Argonaute SubmarineThe Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.The Argonaute French submarine, also known as the S636, was launched on October 23rd, 1958 as a flagship...

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Old Bishop House

Old Bishop HouseHouse used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death"The 1971 horror film "Let’s Scare Jessica to Death" is the story of a woman recently released from a mental ward, who...

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Grave of Sarah Winchester

Grave of Sarah WinchesterConnecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in CaliforniaAfter outliving the rest of her immediate family at a relatively young age, Sarah...

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Baltit Fort

Baltit FortTibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern PakistanIn more simple times, an awesome house was really the only thing needed for both the defense and definition of one's empire. That may...

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Moyenne Island

Moyenne IslandEnglish newspaper editor buys abandoned island for £8,000, and transforms it into a tortoise nature preserve worth 34 million Euros that is now the smallest national park in the worldMany...

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Green Mount Cemetery

Green Mount CemeteryBeautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary artGreen Mount Cemetery in Montpelier, VT, is one of the most picturesque spots in the state. It was started in 1854 and is...

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The Elephant Kraal of Ayutthaya

The Elephant Kraal of AyutthayaThis elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.The elephant...

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Cala Longa's Resort Ruins

Cala Longa's Resort RuinsA resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise. About a decade ago, an Italian real estate promoter built a large...

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Libby Museum

Libby MuseumThe 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy handsBy profession, Henry Libby was a dentist, however...

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