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William MacKenzie's Tomb
William MacKenzie's TombPyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attachedInterred in 1851, William MacKenzie’s name is mentioned in many Liverpool guidebooks owing to the fact that grave is marked with...
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Zavikon Island
Zavikon IslandWorld's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New YorkZavikon Island is home to a bridge that, at only 32 feet in length, is considered the...
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The Margate Shell Grotto
The Margate Shell GrottoSubterranean passageway covered in mosaics created entirely of seashellsLocated in Margate, Kent, The Shell Grotto’s walls and roof are covered in mosaics made entirely of...
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Marafa Depression
Marafa DepressionStrange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself"The Marafa Depression, also known as Hell's Kitchen, is an odd sandstone canyon outside of Malindi, Kenya. Known locally...
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Hereford Cathedral Chained Library
Hereford Cathedral Chained Library Rare collection of medieval books under lock and keyIn the Middle Ages a collection of 150 books constituted a major library. These hand-transcribed and -bound...
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Nokhur Cemetery
Nokhur CemeteryCemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestonesAt the cemetery of the isolated village of Nokhur, nearly every grave is marked by a wooden post adorned with the horns of a mountain goat....
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La Mona
La MonaGiant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home‘Give me enough rebar and an oxyacetylene torch and I’ll line the border with giant nude Amazons.’ - Armando Muñoz Garcia In 1987 a scruffy...
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Nemi Ships
Nemi ShipsCaligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flamesIt was a shock when Roman Emperor Caligula's two massive ships were uncovered in their opulent glory in...
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Julien Aurouze and Co.
Julien Aurouze and Co.A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from trapsOriginally founded in 1872, the shop itself has always specialized in pest control, or more...
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Mauseturm Tower
Mauseturm TowerLegendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents“And in at the windows, and in at the door,And through the walls by thousands they pour,And down from the ceiling, and up...
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Abbey St. Maurice d'Agaune
Abbey St. Maurice d'Agaune Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombsRoman Agaunum, or present day St. Maurice, hides a sordid past beneath its sleepy, quaint patina. During the 3rd century, Roman...
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Tahawus
TahawusAn old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.The town of Tahawus was once a prosperous mining town in the...
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Art Car Museum
Art Car MuseumAt the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just drivingSome people wash and wax their cars, making sure that the finish is exactly as clean and shiny as the day they...
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Bosc de Can Ginebreda
Bosc de Can GinebredaA darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia Xicu Cabanyes wants to seduce you. And frighten you. And then seduce and frighten you at the same time. A walk deep into his forest...
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Great Train Graveyard
Great Train GraveyardOn the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt windsIt's a cemetery for trains, for locomotives. And it's so big...
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German Epilepsy Museum
German Epilepsy MuseumFirst museum dedicated to the research and history of EpilepsyTucked modestly inside of the Kork Craft Museum is another one, the peculiar Epilepsy Museum. Established in...
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Gates Co-op Houseboat Community
Gates Co-op Houseboat CommunityA living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front Surrounded by million dollar "floating homes" on beautiful docks behind locked gates, the low...
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The Incorruptible St. Zita
The Incorruptible St. ZitaThe naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saintThe patron Saint of Lucca, of servants, and of lost keys lies in rest in the church of San Frediano, dressed and in full...
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Pionen Data Center
Pionen Data CenterThe internet as provided by a James Bond villainBahnhof is one of Sweden's largest internet service providers. When CEO Jon Karlung secured a former nuclear bunker below 100 feet of...
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Der Teufelstritt (The Devil's Footprint)
Der Teufelstritt (The Devil's Footprint)The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's CathedralAccording to legend, in 1468 architect Jorg von Halspach went looking for money to build a new cathedral...
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