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Dublin, Ireland

Aungier Street Lidl Archaeology

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.
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Wierzbno, Poland

The Last Versailles Border Stone

The last original stone marking the interwar border between Germany and Poland sits in this unassuming village park.
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Pulpí, Spain

Geoda de Pulpí (Pulpí Geode)

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.
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Porangahau, New Zealand

The Longest Place Name In The World

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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Mexico City, Mexico

'El Baile de los 41' ('Dance of the 41') Memorial Plaque

A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Grave of Caroline Walter

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.
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Punta Gorda, Florida

Radioactive Fountain of Youth

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.
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Topeka, Kansas

Equality House

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
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Milford Haven, Wales

Stack Rock Fort

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.
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Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
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Simi Valley, California

House of the Book

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.
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Seville, Spain

Tomb of Christopher Columbus

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
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Iceland

Svörtuloft Lighthouse

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.
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Concord, New Hampshire

Donkey Kong Mural

A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city
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Berlin, Germany

Konditorei Buchwald

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”
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Tunisia

Mos Espa

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.
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Évora, Portugal

Portugal's Chapel of Bones

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
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Rome, Italy

The Aventine Keyhole

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
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Pantelleria, Italy

Giardino Pantesco

This ancient walled garden turns fog into food.
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Pompeii, Italy

Stone Phalluses of Pompeii

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
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Subotica, Serbia

World’s Only Art Nouveau McDonald’s

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.
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Odense, Denmark

'Stoppenålen' ('The Darning Needle')

This risqué sculpture, based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, caused outrage 35 years after it was erected.
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Mölndal, Sweden

The Waterfall of Kvarnbyn Mölndal

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.
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Chapayal, Belize

Caracol

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.
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