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Herriman, Utah

The "Up" House

A replica that won't float away.
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La Paz, Bolivia

Museo de la Coca

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.
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Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechia

Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk

The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.
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Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

Potty Museum

1,300 chamber pots and their eccentric collector.
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Murcia, Spain

Sanatorio de Sierra Espuña

Haunted tuberculosis hospital built by the patients.
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Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Spaceship House

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
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New Haven, Connecticut

The Cushing Center

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
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Kesennuma, Japan

Kori no Suizokukan

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.
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Quneitra

Ghost Town in the Demilitarized Zone of the Golan Heights.
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Aswan, Egypt

Unfinished Obelisk

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
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Santa Rosa, California

Cyclisk - Santa Rosa Monument

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
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Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy

Sacra di San Michele

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."
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Wierschem, Germany

Eltz Castle - Burg Eltz

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

Sunland Baobab

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hamad in the Sand

Billionaire's mark on the earth.
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Rouen, France

Aitre St. Maclou

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.
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Woombye, Australia

The Big Pineapple

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.
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Loddington, England

Lampy the Garden Gnome

The first German gnome who popularized the garden decoration.
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El Fonoll, Spain

El Fonoll

An independent naturist colony amidst 1000-year-old ruins.
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Dakar, Senegal

The Great Green Wall of Africa

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.
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Jaca, Spain

The Jaca Citadel Military Miniatures Museum

32,000 tiny soldiers are posed in 23 historical settings.
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Cusco, Peru

Qenqo Temple

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
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Irbeysky District, Russia

House of Evgeny Smolik

A self-taught Siberian craftsman creates a fantastical and personal design for his 19th century village house.
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Wingen, Australia

Burning Mountain

6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.
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