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Padlock Tree Park
Padlock Tree ParkDozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow RiverRows of dozens of trees, each one housing hundreds if not thousands of padlocks, adorn the banks of the Moscow River and symbolize a...
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Riga Central Market
Riga Central Market3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars At the turn of the 20th century, Zeppelins were seen as the transportation of the future. During that time, five giant hangars...
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Museum of Soviet Arcade Games
Museum of Soviet Arcade GamesImmortal combat in a Moscow museumA lot of arcades have their own special tokens for their games. But few have Soviet-era Kopek coins complete with a hammer and sickle...
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Svartifoss
SvartifossUnique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric lava columnsOn paper, the Svartifoss Waterfall is nothing to write home about. It doesn't enter the top ten lists for size...
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Peeing Colors in Kiev
Peeing Colors in KievWhen you've got to go, you've got to goIf you're out for a stroll in Kiev, keep in mind that four boys might start peeing a colorful stream just inches above your head. Without any...
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Giant Viking beer can
Giant Viking beer canAkureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beersFrom 1915-1989, beer was banned in Iceland. Although it seems completely counter-intuitive compared to the...
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Erlian Kissing Dinosaurs
Erlian Kissing DinosaursThe largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway A trip into Mongolia is like entering another world, or another time. On China's border with the desolate country,...
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Nikita's Guesthouse on Olkhon Island
Nikita's Guesthouse on Olkhon IslandIntricate wood carvings on an island in SiberiaIt is hard to imagine a more remote location for such a charming guesthouse. Getting to Nikita's, one must first...
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Johnstown Flood Museum
Johnstown Flood MuseumMemorializing an American tragedy of massive proportionsAt the end of the 19th century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was just a small mining town, unknown to practically everyone...
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Black Cat of Riga
Black Cat of RigaA black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old TownGetting into the Great Guild in Latvia in the 14th century, was an incredibly huge honor. Similarly, getting snubbed from the...
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St. Fagans: National History Museum
St. Fagans: National History MuseumTake a stroll through history in a village of reconstructed structures St. Fagans is home to the Welsh National History Museum, a three dimensional outdoor museum...
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Jumbo Stay
Jumbo StayFrequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotelIt's hard to imagine wanting to book a room at the Jumbo Stay. If you're arriving from Stockholm by boat, plane or train, few people would want...
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Mother Motherland
Mother Motherland340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet UnionStanding proudly over the Kiev skyline is the 340-foot tall Mother Motherland statue. Originally intended to be even...
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Predjama Castle
Predjama Castle Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toiletBuilt directly into a rocky cliff face, Predjama Castle was...
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War Memorial of Korea
War Memorial of KoreaHome to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipmentFor a country that takes the slightest threat of war with extreme severity, the War Memorial of Korea is a...
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Johnstown Incline Plane
Johnstown Incline PlaneSteepest flood safety railway in the entire worldSynonymous with Johnstown and its great floods, is the Johnstown Inclined Plane. Constructed as a "lifesaver" after the Johnstown...
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Dinosaurs Fairyland in Outer Mongolia
Dinosaurs Fairyland in Outer MongoliaJurassic theme park in ErlianIf you love dinosaurs and theme parks, but hate waiting in line or sharing with other tourists, then Dinosaurs Fairyland is the place...
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Museo El Fósil
Museo El Fósil A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.When dinosaurs walked - or in this case, swam - the earth, they reigned supreme. Now long dead, their remains lay...
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Slottsskogen pacifier tree
Slottsskogen pacifier treeThere are no crying babies in this neck of the woodsIn central Gothenburg, you will find Slottsskogen, a 137 hectare park. By the 1880s, the Swedish city had grown to...
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Santa's Land
Santa's LandA classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5, closed after more then 50 yearsJack Poppele's life was long intertwined with Christmas. In 1922, Poppele began broadcasting from...
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