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San Jose, California

Peralta Adobe

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.
James Ricci Added by James Ricci
San Jose, California

IBM Building 025

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.
Anne Ewbank Added by Anne Ewbank
Kelliher, Minnesota

Paul Bunyan's Gravesite

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
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Niutoua, Tonga

Ha‘amonga ‘a Maui

A massive trilithon nicknamed "Stonehenge of the Pacific."
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Sanborn, New York

Native American Museum of Art

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.
Added by Josh Kron
Juneau, Alaska

Aquilean Whale Tail Sculptures

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.
MarilynR Added by MarilynR
Fairbanks, Alaska

Aurora Ice Museum

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Tambopata, Peru

Chuncho Macaw Clay Lick

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Pitumarca, Peru

Rainbow Mountain

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Aguas Calientes, Peru

Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Added by LongNow
New York, New York

Mmuseumm

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Juneau, Alaska

Sealaska Heritage Institute

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.
Added by heathermharris
Amsterdam Island, Norway

Smeerenburg Blubber Ovens

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Woombye, Australia

The Big Pineapple

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.
serflac Added by serflac
Sydney, Australia

Purikura Photoland

People can't get enough of these adorable Japanese photobooths.
Liz Jameson Added by Liz Jameson
Silverton, Australia

Mad Max 2 Museum

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Davenport, Australia

Devil's Marbles

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
serflac Added by serflac
Pekina, Australia

Magnetic Hill

When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...
Added by marlaina
Sydney, Australia

'Forgotten Songs' Sound Sculpture

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Added by JenPenguin
Cervantes, Australia

The Pinnacles

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.
Dusk Added by Dusk
Sydney, Australia

Museum of Human Disease

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
Added by mbison
Miyoshi, Japan

Yokai Yashiki (Monster and Stone Museum)

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.
eosstar Added by eosstar
Winslow, Arizona

Meteor Crater

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Rachel Added by Rachel
Harbin, China

Harbin Ice and Snow Festival

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.
Added by renakaba