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Murcia, Spain

Sanatorio de Sierra Espuña

Haunted tuberculosis hospital built by the patients.
Rouen, France

Musée Le Secq des Tournelles

A French museum of wrought iron.
Conques, France

St. Foy’s Golden Reliquary

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.
Alexandria, Minnesota

Kensington Runestone

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.
Baku, Azerbaijan

Fire Temple of Baku

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.
Abuja, Nigeria

Abuja Airplane House

A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.
Santa Rosa, California

Cyclisk - Santa Rosa Monument

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
Papantla, Mexico

Monumento al Volador (Monument to the Flyer)

A massive yet whimsical statue pays homage to the art and joy of "flight."
Tokyo, Japan

Vampire Café

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.
Wierschem, Germany

Eltz Castle - Burg Eltz

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Duiwelskloof, South Africa

Sunland Baobab

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Rouen, France

Aitre St. Maclou

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.
Gimli, Manitoba

New Iceland

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.
Mumbai, India

Antilia

World's most expensive home.
El Fonoll, Spain

El Fonoll

An independent naturist colony amidst 1000-year-old ruins.
Naval, Spain

Sanctuary of Torreciudad

Sanctuary on a ridge near an ancient shrine to a "Black Madonna" built by the founder of Opus Dei.
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Baconao Park

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.
Balshoon, Syria

Dead City of Serjilla

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.
Barcelona, Spain

Sala Gimbernat

18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.
Penela da Beira, Portugal

Dólmen da Capela Senhora do Monte ( Lady of the Mount Chapel Dolmen)

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.
Ghan, Australia

Henbury Meteorites Conservation Park

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.
Wilson, North Carolina

Whirligig Park (Formerly Acid Park)

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Caledon, Ontario

Cheltenham Badlands

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.
Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico

Los Prismas Basálticos Waterfalls

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.