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Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States

Dog Chapel

All dogs go to heaven--but we get a Dog Chapel.

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Rochester, Vermont, United States

Apple Hill Farm

Ezekiel was known for his “if we can grow it, we’ll grow it” attitude.

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Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow Botanical Gardens & Kibble Palace

A Victorian eccentric, John Kibble crafted many things, but this house of flora and fauna appears to be his most lasting legacy.

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Stewart Christie & Gilbert The Phone Box

The oldest tailor in Scotland is a marvelous shop of mystery and master-crafted bespoke suits.

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Appin, Scotland

Castle Stalker

Before you know it, you’ve lost your clan’s castle in a drunken bet.

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Porto, Portugal

The Presidential Train

Transformed into a traveling culinary experience thanks to Gonçalo Castel-Branco’s ten-year-old daughter.

Stampa-Coltura, Switzerland

Palazzo Castelmur

Gone for centuries, a family returned back to its ancestral home.

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Paseo YMCA

A historic community center that served as the meeting place for the formation of the Negro National League.

Angoulême, France

Angoulême Town Hall

When besieged by Vikings, it was fit to become a castle; when inspired with the republican spirit, it's become a space for public debate and local government.

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Puymoyen, France

Moulin du Verger

"If there's a right way to make a piece of paper, it's the way that they've been doing it for 500 years at the water-powered mill."

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London, United Kingdom

Royal Courts of Justice

London's law courts are rife with superstition and rooms with mysterious origins.

Tokyo, Japan

Asagaya Shinmeigu Shrine

Next to one of Tokyo's bustling train stations, this ancient Shinto shrine offers an oasis of tranquility.

Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Fragata Yacht

What better way to learn about evolution than visiting the the Galápagos Islands?!

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Southwold, United Kingdom

Swan Hotel

The Swan Hotel, and the brewery behind it, has a 600 year history of brewing ale.

Vienna, Austria

Amalienbad

Built to encourage personal hygiene and physical fitness at a time when few Viennese residents had their own bathrooms.

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Tokyo, Japan

University of Tokyo

A building grand enough to receive the Japanese emperor on his visits to the capital.

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Yazd, Iran

Yazd Science Museum

The biology section exhibits life at all its stages, from embryo formation to a roughly 800-year-old woman’s skeleton.

Adelaide, Australia

Dun & Bradstreet Building

Dun & Bradstreet have moved on from this particular outpost—but the facade still bears their fine script.

Sydney, Australia

North Sydney Olympic Pool

At the time of its debut, this brick entryway welcomed guests to “the wonder pool of Australasia”.

Sapporo, Japan

Olympic Museum

Major Theodor Edler von Lerch, an Austro-Hungarian soldier, brought skiing to Japan when he visited in the winter of 1911 to observe the Imperial Army, which had just won the Russo-Japanese War.

Tangalle, Sri Lanka

Amanwella

This resort exemplifies the style known as tropical modernism.

Masada National Park, Israel

Camel Crossing

Camels in this UNESCO world heritage site are ridden almost exclusively by tourists seeking the romance of a bygone era.

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Kibo Hut

Nearly every climber who has summited since has recorded his or her thoughts about the extreme accomplishment in a book stored in a wooden box at the top.

Florence, Italy

Fotoautomatica

Two euros and a bit of patience get you the traditional strip of four black-and-white photographs.

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Thrumster, Scotland

Thrumster Station

A short-lived light-rail stop between Wick and Lybster in Scotland’s county of Caithness—known enigmatically as the “Land Beyond the Highlands” -- remains in good condition.