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Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Guildford, England

Guildford Lido

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.
Singapore

Bronze Bathers

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."
Sydney, Australia

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
London, England

London Wall

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
Isle of Wight, England

Blackgang Chine

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
Osmington, England

Osmington White Horse

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
Charmouth, England

Charmouth Beach

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Dorset, England

Old Harry Rocks

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Dandarah, Egypt

Dendera Light

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
Portsmouth, England

Lumps Fort aka Southsea Rose Garden

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.
Rome, Italy

Via Appia

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
Aswan, Egypt

Unfinished Obelisk

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
Woombye, Australia

The Big Pineapple

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.
Ghan, Australia

Henbury Meteorites Conservation Park

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Takapō (Lake Tekapo)

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.
Waitomo, New Zealand

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
West Bathurst, Australia

Big Gold Panner

Hopefully inspecting his tin pan for little nuggets of gold.
Coffs Harbour, Australia

Big Banana

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Loch Lomond

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Girard Wing

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand

Tāne Mahuta

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.