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Downe, England

Down House

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.
Antwerp, Belgium

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.
Darmstadt, Germany

Waldspirale

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.
Chicago, Illinois

Busy Beaver Button Co.

The world's only known button museum.
Sakai Ward, Japan

Daisen Kofun

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.
Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana Landmarks Center

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.
Newport, Rhode Island

Touro Synagogue

Oldest synagogue in the United States.
Fallon, Nevada

Sand Mountain

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Arumpo, Australia

Mungo National Park

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.
Gue, India

Mummy of Sangha Tenzin

Buddhist monk remarkably preserved because he started the mummification process while still living.
Cass City, Michigan

Sanilac Petroglyphs State Historical Park

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Growing Power

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee Art Museum

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Oxford, England

Duke Humfrey's Library at the Old Bodleian Library

One of Europe's oldest libraries.
Olkhonsky District, Russia

Baikal Seals

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.
Howes Cave, New York

Howe Caverns

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
Williamsburg, Virginia

Presidential Pets Museum

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.
Aurangabad, India

Bibi Ka Maqbara

Half-size replica of the Taj Mahal.
Field, British Columbia

Yoho National Park

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Honolulu, Hawaii

Shangri La

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.
Glover, Vermont

Bread and Puppet Museum and Theater

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.
Bayingol, China

Alluvial Fan of the Taklimakan Desert

Made by river sediment, it is the largest alluvial fan in the world.
Eden, Australia

Eden Killer Whale Museum

A microcosm of the whaling industry in a small Australian town.