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Page, Arizona
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Yazoo City, Mississippi
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A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.
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Tokyo, Japan
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Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.
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Zurich, Switzerland
Urania Observatory
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Wilmington, Delaware
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The smallest and oldest covered bridge in Delaware.
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Malacca, Malaysia
Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum
This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.
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Itakura, Japan
Thousand-Armed Insect Goddess of Mercy
A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.
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