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Alamogordo, New Mexico

PistachioLand: World's Largest Pistachio

This is one really big nut.
Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Llandudno, Wales

Great Orme Tramway

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
London, England

Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Oakley, England

Lady Wimborne Bridge

A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.
Dorset, England

Wimborne Minster Model Town

This tiny town features a tiny town that acts as a 3D snapshot of the town during the 1950's.
Washington, D.C.

National Bonsai Museum

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Sausalito, California

The Bay Model

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.
San Diego, California

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.
Beaconsfield, England

Bekonscot Model Village

The world's oldest model village.
Exeter, England

House That Moved

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.
London, England

Temple of Mithras

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
Bath, England

Sham Castle

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.
London, England

Horniman Museum and Gardens

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
London, England

Ruined Victorian Folly

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
Tucson, Arizona

Valley of the Moon

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.
Weybridge, England

Brooklands Racetrack Remains

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.
Cobham, England

Painshill Park Follies

Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.
Brighton, England

Madeira Lift

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
Eureka, California

The Carson Mansion

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

The Crow's Nest at the Old Faithful Inn

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.
Casa Grande, Arizona

The Domes

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.