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Edinburgh, Scotland

William Wallace and Robert the Bruce Statues

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.
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Edinburgh, Scotland

Barnton Quarry Nuclear Bunker

Long abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.
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Wilmington, Australia

Sansouci Puppet Museum

This small town museum is home to the largest collection of puppets in Australia.
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Beechworth, Australia

Beechworth Asylum

This former psychiatric hospital was once one of the largest in Australia.
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Bobs Farm, Australia

The Shark and Ray Rescue Centre

Once an aquarium, this sanctuary now rescues sharks and rays from fishing nets.
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Darwin, Australia

Darwin Oil Storage Tunnels

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
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Black Rock, Australia

HMVS Cerberus

Australia's only intact colonial warship never saw action before being turned into a scenic wreck.
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Brisbane, Australia

Commissariat Store

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.
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Ghan, Australia

Lambert Centre of Australia

Finding the exact middle of a giant land mass is hard to determine, but this spot managed to do the trick.
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St Leonards, Australia

Gore Hill Cemetery

One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.
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Norseman, Australia

Disappointment Rock

No one seems to know who suffered the disappointment at this particular place.
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Newcastle, Australia

Newcastle City Morgue Echo Spot

By standing on a particular paving stone in the courtyard, you'll hear an echo that shouldn't be.
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Millers Point, Australia

Sydney Observatory

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
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Australia

Horizontal Falls

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.
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London, England

575 Wandsworth Road

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.
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Eugene, Oregon

Shelton McMurphey Johnson House

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Pianola Museum

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.
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