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Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.
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Jurassic Park in South Africa.
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Grave of Antoine Michel Wemaer
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Mina de Mármol
A former travertine mine traces the geological history of this unique desert filled with crystalline blue pools.
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Tokyo, Japan
Shibamata Taishakuten's Sculpture Gallery
A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.
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Abandoned station along an ancient pilgrimage route.
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Albacete, Spain
Albacete Cutlery Museum
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Echternach, Luxembourg
Wollefsschlucht (Wolf Gorge)
In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.
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