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mbatesel

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Tukwila, Washington

The Museum of Flight

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

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Paradise Valley, Arizona

Cosanti

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

Added by cdanesh

Nothing, Arizona

The Ghost Town of Nothing, Arizona

Nothing to see here.

aliseponsero

Added by aliseponsero

Velha Goa, India

Collection of Old Engraved Stones

An open-air collection of historical stones with engravings and inscriptions in Old Goa.

Vivek Gadre

Added by Vivek Gadre

Barcelona, Spain

Tió de Nadal

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

serflac

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San Francisco, California

The Dore Vase

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

San Francisco, California

Fort Point

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Scott Mansfield

Added by Scott Mansfield

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Model Yacht Club

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

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Keck Museum

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

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Velha Goa, India

Crypt at Se Cathedral

A mysterious burial crypt that was rediscovered inside a cathedral in Velha Goa.

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Spouting Horn

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

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Velha Goa, India

The Old Archiepiscopal Palace

In Old Goa, the former residence of the archbishop now houses a permanent exhibition.

Vivek Gadre

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Velha Goa, India

Old Goa Cemetery

This cemetery in Velha Goa was once the site of several historical religious buildings.

Vivek Gadre

Added by Vivek Gadre

Lahontan Dam and the Newlands Project

The first project by the Bureau of Reclamation illustrates both the upsides and downsides of reclamation.

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Salt Cave

Red ocher pictographs survive in this tufa rock shelter on the shore of an ancient lake.

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Doune, Scotland

Doune Castle

The castle that provided the setting for much of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is now a pilgrimage site for fans.

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Culross, Scotland

Cobblestone Footpath

The raised stones in the middle of this road through Culross are relics of a 17th-century class divide.

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Sierraville, California

Webber Falls

A little-known, but surprisingly large waterfall on the Little Truckee River in the northern Sierra Nevada.

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Loyalton, California

Kyburz Flat

A Native American petroglyph, the site of an emigrants' waystation, and the ruins of an early 20th-century sheep camp are all found at this crossroads.

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Aptos, California

SS Palo Alto

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

London, England

Tower Bridge’s Dead Man’s Hole

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

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London, England

The Burney Relief

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

London, England

The Tower of London Menagerie

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

London, England

Tower Bridge Chimney

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

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