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Old Swan Hotel

Harrogate , England

Crater Lake

Crater National Park, Oregon

San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers

San Francisco, California

Lotta's Fountain

San Francisco, California

The Great Serpent Mound

Peebles, Ohio

Exploratorium

San Francisco, California

Warther Museum

Dover, Ohio

Maman

London, England

San Francisco Botanical Gardens

San Francisco, California

Lyford's Tower

Tiburon, California

Garden of Fragrance

San Francisco, California

Forbes Island

San Francisco, California

The Stern of the Brigantine Galilee

San Francisco, California

Mesa Verde National Park

Colorado

Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship

San Francisco, California

American Gothic House

Eldon, Iowa

McElroy Octagon House

San Francisco, CALIFORNIA

Marin Headlands

Mill Valley, California

Defenestration

San Francisco, California

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czech Republic

The Shoe Tree of Middlegate

Middlegate, Nevada

Crazy Horse Memorial

Crazy Horse, South Dakota

Yuma Territorial Prison

Yuma, Arizona

Devil's Tower

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Headlands Center for the Arts

Sausalito, California

Humboldt Museum

Winnemucca, Nevada

The Flintstone House

Hillsborough, California

San Francisco's Cable Car Museum

San Francisco, California

Banff Springs Hotel

Banff, Canada

San Francisco Naval Shipyard

San Francisco, California

Atlanta White House

Atlanta, Georgia

Guru Road

Gerlach, NV

Mission San Juan Capistrano

San Juan Capistrano, California

Palomar Observatory

Palomar Mountain, California

Home of Lola Montez

Grass Valley, California

San Quentin Prison Gift Shop

San Quentin, California

Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Pescadero, California

Alameda Point Antique and Collectibles Fair

Alameda, California

Old Faithful Geyser

Yellowstone, Wyoming

Boothill Cemetery

Tombstone, Arizona

V. C. Morris Gift Shop

San Francisco, California

Meteor Crater

Winslow, Arizona

Duke Humphrey's Library at the Old Bodleian Library

Oxford, England

The Noguchi Museum

Queens, New York

Nevada County Hospital

Nevada City , California

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad, New Mexico

The Wolf House - Jack London State Park

Glen Ellen, California

Falkirk Wheel

Falkirk, Scotland

Pier 22 1/2 & the SFFD Fire Boats

San Francisco, California

Gates Co-op Houseboat Community

Sausalito, California

Empire Mine State Park

Grass Valley, California

Leonardo's Horse - Il Cavallo dello Sforza

Milan, Italy

Mono Lake

Lee Vining, California

"Stumpy" John Silver

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

The Henry Miller Memorial Library

BigSur, California

Brimham Rocks

Harrogate, England

Devil's Postpile National Monument

Mammoth Lakes, California

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San Francisco Columbarium

San Francisco, California

Longleat Hedge Maze

Warminster, England

Arizona Cactus Garden

Palo Alto, California

Conflict Kitchen

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fort Miley Batteries

San Francisco, California

Mount Tamalpais Aircraft Crash Site

Mill Valley, California

The Giant's Grave

Halton, England

Little Finland

Mesquite, Nevada

Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden

Oakland, California

Knox County Poorhouse

Bangs, Ohio

Kelley's Island Glacial Grooves

Kelleys Island, Ohio

Big Brutus

West Mineral, Kansas

Colour Experience Museum

Bradford, England

Burro Schmidt Tunnel

Mojave Dessert, California

Glendurgan Garden Maze

Falmouth, England

King Clone

Johnson Valley, California

The Nest Houses of Patrick Dougherty

Evansville, Indiana

Golden Gate Park Model Yacht Club

San Francisco, California

Low-Impact Woodland House

Swyddffynnon, United Kingdom

Tobin House

San Francisco, California

Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Los Angeles, California

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

London, England

CERN

Geneva, Switzerland

Beachy Head

Eastbourne, England

La Isla de las Munecas

Xochimilco, Mexico

Long Now Orrery

San Francisco, California

Storm King Art Center

New Windsor, NY

Gilroy Gardens

Gilroy, California

Silbury Hill

Avebury, England

Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Bath, England

British National Railway Museum

York, England

Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum

Sparta, Wisconsin

Museum of Brands

London, England

The World's Smallest Hotel - Eh'häusl

Amberg, Germany

Garden of Cosmic Speculation

Dumfries, Scotland

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

Baker, Nevada

Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library

Manhattan, New York

The Stern of the Brigantine Galilee

San Francisco, California

Labyrinth at Land’s End

San Francisco, California

Alvord Lake Bridge

San Francisco, California

Cyclisk - Santa Rosa Monument

Santa Rosa, California

American Sign Museum

Cincinnati, Ohio

Eden Camp

Malton, England

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Oxford, England

The Wave Organ

San Francisco, California

Down House

Downe, England

Canton Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nikola Tesla Street Corner

New York, New York

Toy and plastic brick museum

bellaire, ohio

Cator Woolford Gardens

Atlanta, Georgia

Lunch Box Museum

Columbus, Georgia

Postman's Park

London, England

Buford, Wyoming: Population 1

Buford, Wyoming

Hotaling Whiskey Warehouse

San Francisco, California

Pacific Pinball Museum

Alameda, California

Dittrick Medical Museum

Cleveland, Ohio

The Singing Ringing Tree

Burnley, England

Vashon Island Bike Tree

Vashon, Washington

The Evergreens Cemetery

Brooklyn, New York

The Law Oak

Liverpool, England

Roberts Ranch

Livermore, Colorado

The Archer Stone

Liverpool, England

Glass Beach

Fort Bragg, California

Prelinger Library

San Francisco, California

The Cincinnati Subway

CINCINNATI, OHIO

International Printing Museum

Carson, California

Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway

Napa, California

Suisun Bay Ghost Fleet

Benecia, California

Broken Angel

Brooklyn, New York

The Sheldonian Theatre

Oxford, United Kingdom

Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate

Oakland, California

Jonestown Memorial

Oakland, California

MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics

New York, New York

Three Tuns Brewery

Bishops Castle, England

Patrick Amiot's Sonoma County Yard Art

Sebastopol, California

Taco Time Salsa Bar

The Dalles, Oregon

Ruins of Whitby Abbey

Whitby, United Kingdom

Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth, England

Neon Boneyard

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Kingdom of Boomeria

Bonny Doon, California

Maunsell Army Sea Forts

Whitsable, England

Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum

Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Hawker's Hut

Morwenstow, United Kingdom

Eagle and High Peak Mine

Julian, California

Land’s End Octagon House

San Francisco, California

California Trolley and Railroad Corporation

San Jose, California

Cayuga Park

San Francisco, California

Atlanta Prison Farm

Atlanta, GA

The Laxey Wheel

Laxey, Isle of Man

The Secret Sidewalk

Fremont, California

Stables Market

London, United Kingdom

Seattle's Official Bad Art Museum of Art

Seattle, WA

Museum of Vision

San Francisco, California

Sol Cinema

Wales

The Lost Town of Dunwich

Dunwich, England

Broadway Tower

Broadway, United Kingdom

The Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa

Death Valley National Park, California

Opus 40

Saugerties

Bourn Mansion

San Francisco, California

Wiltshire's Secret Underground City: The Burlington Nuclear Bunker

Corsham, England

Atomic Survival Town

Nevada

Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center

Kings Park, New York

Greatstone Sound Mirrors

Greatstone, England

Empire Quarry

Oolitic, Indiana

Loyalton, The Loneliest Town in America

Loyalton, California

Chained Library at Chelsea Old Church

London, United Kingdom

Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier

Paris, France

The Dwarf Castle

Roswell, Georgia

The London Beer Flood

London, United Kingdom

Love Locks of East London

London, England

Bekonscot Model Village

Beaconsfield, England

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon

Oakland, California

Curious Rock

Spencer, West Virginia

Amboy Ghost Town

Amboy, California

Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well

Knaresborough, England

Pratt Institute Engine Room

Brooklyn, New York

The Francis Trigge Chained Library

Grantham, England

Methuselah Tree

California

Berkeley Car House

Berkeley, California

Yerba Buena Tower

San Francisco, California

The Highline

New York City, New York

16th Street Train Station

Oakland , California

Johnstown Flood Museum

Johnstown, PA

Puzzlewood

Forest of Dean, England

Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library

New Haven, Connecticut

Atlanta Cyclorama

Atlanta, Georgia

Eyam Plague Village

Eyam, England

Alnwick Poison Gardens

Alnwick, England

Bodmin Jail

Bodmin, England

Walker Library of The History of Human Imagination

Stamford, Connecticut

The Wreck of the E.C. Waters

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Eartha

Yarmouth, Maine

McFarthest Spot

South Dakota

Difference Engine #2

London, England

Skara Brae

Sandwick, Scotland

High Bridge

New York City, New York

Pollock's Toy Museum

London, England

Nevada County Hospital

Nevada City , California

Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque

Boston, Massachusetts

Aria Antiques

San Francisco, California

Arbor Low Stone Circle

England

Out & About Treehouse Treesort

Cave Junction, Oregon

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Fremont, California

Mapparium

Boston, Massachusetts

Old Operating Theatre

London, England

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

Edinburgh, Scotland

Beazer Garden Maze

Bath, England

Mazzariello Labyrinth

Orinda, California

The Underground Home

New York, New York

City

Garden Valley, Nevada

Brooklyn Art Library

Brooklyn, NY

Kinetic Steam Works

Oakland, California

Phillip Johnson's Estate

New Canaan, Connecticut

The National Toy Hall of Fame

Rochester, NY

Takara Sake Museum

Berkeley, California

5 Beekman Street

New York, New York

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