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This store may be part of a well-known chain, but it stands out due to the tree growing through the middle of it.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

The elevator that makes it possible to fly American flags in bulk over the U.S. Capitol

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

The former "holiday home" for monks at the Durham Cathedral.

These giant volcanic rocks towering above the Angolan savannah once served as a natural fortification.

Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.

Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.

One of Mexico City's seats of the Catholic faith, although not the majoritarian Latin Roman rite.

One of Amsterdam’s most popular cultural and recreational complexes is on the site of a former gas works.

A preserved segment of the old irrigation canal recalls Taipei’s history as a “Water City.”