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Rome, Italy

Piatto Romano

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.
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Rome, Italy

Supplizio

Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.
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Yekepa, Liberia

Mount Nimba LAMCO Mining Site

A surreal abandoned mining site near West Africa’s tallest mountain.
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Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Bronze Cow

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
Added by blimpcaptain
Sohag, Egypt

Red Monastery

An early Christian basilica modeled after an Egyptian temple showcases some the best-preserved frescos from late antiquity.
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Toronto, Ontario

Museum Station

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.
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Hong Kong

Wu Chi Kai’s Neon Light Workshop

Only seven masters are keeping the tradition of Hong Kong's vanishing neon signs alive.
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Créteil, France

Choux de Créteil

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.
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Urubamba, Peru

Machu Colca

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.
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Hong Kong

Boston Restaurant

Order a baked Alaska at one of Hong Kong's last surviving places slinging “soy-sauce Western.”
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Brooklyn, New York

New York Sign Museum

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.
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El Trapiche, Panama

Coiba Island Penal Colony

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.
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Taipei, Taiwan

Fu Garden

A Greek-inspired memorial garden to commemorate a former university president and a liberal influential intellectual
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Hong Kong

Chan Chi Kee Cutlery Co.

Even Michelin-starred chefs are said to get their cleavers at this century-old shop.
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Oaxaca, Mexico

Nocheztlicalli - Museo Ecológico de Grana Cochinilla

Here you can learn about an insect that was called "cactus blood," which trade turned immensely valuable as "red gold".
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San Bartolo Coyotepec, Mexico

‘El Mural de la Conquista’ (‘Mural of the Conquest’)

In this state repository of folk art, perhaps no piece is more representative than this brutal work featuring the town’s distinctive black clay pottery.
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Natchez, Mississippi

Smoot’s Grocery Blues Lounge

Catch a live blues set in a former 1930s grocery store on the Mississippi River.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Mogollon, New Mexico

Mogollon Ghost Town

Once a mining boom town, Mogollon’s well-preserved buildings are tucked away in the mountains of the Gila National Forest.
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Salamanca, Spain

Ángel Mateos Museum

A Brutalist monument and "sculpture that contains many sculptures."
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Eskişehir, Turkey

Uğur Mumcu Park

This harrowing memorial remembers a murdered investigative journalist.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin Museum and Court

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.
Added by DenverApplehans
Tamaqzah, Tunisia

Tamaghza El Gdima (Abandoned Village of Tamerza)

The ruins of a village destroyed by a 22-day flood.
Added by atraveller
Šumperk District, Czechia

Dlouhé Stráně Hydro Power Station

This power plant is at the edge of a Czech mountain.
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Sukagawa, Japan

Ultraman Street

In the hometown of Eiji Tsuburaya, a street lined with intergalactic heroes and monsters.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden