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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

First Americans Museum

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.
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Davis, Oklahoma

Collings Castle

What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.
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Paris, France

Foucault's Pendulum

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.
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Paris, France

Centre Pompidou

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
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Paris, France

Shakespeare and Company

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
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Paris, France

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
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Yamanouchi, Japan

Jigokudani Monkey Park

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
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Kamakura, Japan

Hansobo Shrine

A mountaintop shrine-temple guarded by a horde of half-demon priests.
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Yokosuka, Japan

Mikasa Memorial Warship

The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
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Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama Customs “Queen’s Tower”

The Port of Yokohama’s customs headquarters building resembles a Moorish kasbah, complete with a minaret.
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Frankfurt, Germany

Eiserner Steg (Iron Bridge)

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.
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Bingen, Germany

Mouse Tower

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
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Trier, Germany

Karl Marx House

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
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Trier, Germany

Porta Nigra

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
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Bernkastel-Kues, Germany

Spitzhäuschen

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
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Dachau, Germany

Dachau Concentration Camp

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
Munich, Germany

Rathaus-Glockenspiel

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
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Lichtenstein, Germany

Lichtenstein Castle

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
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Dallas, Texas

Lee Harvey Oswald's Rooming House

JFK's assassin rented a room in the boarding house in the weeks leading up to the 1963 shooting.
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Fort Worth, Texas

Lee Harvey Oswald's Grave

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.
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Montreal, Québec

Gibeau Orange Julep

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.
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Montreal, Québec

Schwartz's

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.
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Tokyo, Japan

Sampuru Shops of Kappabashi Street

Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.
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Tokyo, Japan

Shinagawa Station

Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.
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