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Singapore, Singapore
Capitol Theatre
On clear nights, the ceiling retracted and films played under the stars.
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Ahhh... Take a dip in this refreshing collection dominated by aquatic tones of turquoise and teal.
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Brighton and Hove
Hove's 459 beach huts come with strict paint codes, a residents-only policy, and a three-year no-sell clause.
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Den Haag, Netherlands
Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus
The Rolling Stones played seven minutes before police killed the power.
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Alicante, Spain
San Juan Beach
Antonyo Marest's Miami-style lifeguard tower on Playa de San Juan, "ALICANTE BEACH" and all.
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Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Old Wan Chai Post Office
Built steps from the 1915 shoreline, this former post office now sits 800 meters inland after a century of land reclamation.
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Doha, Qatar
The Ned Doha
Qatar's former Ministry of Interior is now a 1970s-glam hotel where ex-officials return as guests to the same brutalist building.
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Rusya, Russia
Ascension Chapel
This 1912 chapel crowns Mount Eleon on Valaam, where monks ascend both literal and spiritual heights in Russia's largest lake.
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Napier, New Zealand
Hildebrandt’s
Designed in 1933 by Louis Hay, who never cared for Art Deco; he was too busy channeling Frank Lloyd Wright from 1912.
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Bexhill, United Kingdom
De La Warr Pavilion
Britain's first modernist public building was so controversial that its aristocratic socialist champion refused the town's highest honor.
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Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Chaplins Bar Boscome
This Boscombe pub saved church staircases from demolition, hosts live music 365 nights a year, and won Best Community Pub UK thrice.
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Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
Edmond Lighthouse
This 1833 lighthouse doubles as a tomb-shaped memorial to a naval officer who blew up his own ship and most of his crew.
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Wantagh, New York, United States
Jones Beach
Jones Beach opened in 1929 during a massive sandstorm—ironic for a park built by raising swampy islands fourteen feet with dredged sand.
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Ribeirão da Ilha, Brazil
Ribeirão da Ilha
Brazil's oyster capital speaks an 18th-century Azorean dialect, preserved by accident when immigration simply stopped in 1756.
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Tabriz, Iran
Haidarzadeh House
A 19th-century mansion with no documented birth date now serves as Tabriz's official tourism information center.
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Baku, Azerbaijan
Taza Pir Mosque
Built over nine years with Tsarist oversight, this 1914 mosque operated for three years before becoming a cinema and barn.
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Gevrey-Chambertin, France
Gevrey-Chambertin
Gevrey-Chambertin started Burgundy's hyphenation craze in 1847, inspiring 11 villages to rebrand with their top vineyards.
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Kimba, South Australia, Australia
Kimba Agricultural, Horticultural & Floricultural Society
Celebrating 100 years of agricultural shows with only 97 on the books...
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Kazan, Russia
Nurulla Mosque
This 1840s mosque spent 63 years as apartments and offices before returning to worship in 1992, minaret and all.
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Gliwice, Poland
Kościuszki Street 50
One of Gliwice's most celebrated tenements, where 19th-century industrial fortune crystallized into Art Nouveau elegance.
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Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, France
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez
This 1930s Vendée hotel closed to guests but reopened for the cameras: ARTE filmed here in 2024.
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Buxoro, Uzbekistan
Mir-i-Arab Madrasa
Built with blood money in 1535, this madrasa became one of only two Islamic schools the Soviets allowed to stay open.
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Тоshkent, Uzbekistan
State Museum of the Temurids
This museum honors a 14th-century conqueror with a chandelier of 106,000 crystals but omits his pyramids of human skulls.
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Buxoro Viloyati, Uzbekistan
Chor Minor
Chor Minor means 'four minarets,' but the towers were never minarets. Three stored supplies; one had stairs.
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Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Sala Redutowa
Where the last Habsburg emperor slept and a notorious bandit was finally caught.
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Poznań, Poland
General Zamoyska and Helena Modrzejewska Secondary School
Poland's greatest actress mastered English in four months. A secondary school now bears her name.
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Cesenatico, Italy
Molo di Levante
Leonardo da Vinci came to fix a harbor in 1502. The 200-year-old canal ignored his suggestions entirely.
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Prostřední Bečva, Czechia
Libušín & Maměnka Národní Kulturní Památky
Rebuilt plank by hand-planed plank after a 2014 fire, this 1899 mountain lodge used timber from trees that began growing when the original opened.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Superbon
Where butchers once ruled, Superbon thrives in a district that traded cleavers for cocktails.
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Singapore, Singapore
Peranakan Museum
A wedding bed where seven children were born now anchors the world's only museum dedicated entirely to Peranakan culture
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Baku, Azerbaijan
Juma Mosque
This mosque spent Soviet rule as a carpet museum, its prayer hall draped in rugs rather than reverence for seven decades.
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Miami, Florida, United States
The Carlyle
This Ocean Drive hotel has appeared in more films than some actors.
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Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Cabo Pulmo EcoAdventures
This fishing village gave up fishing in 1995. Now it has the largest fish biomass recovery ever recorded in a marine reserve.
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Paris, France
Piscine de la Butte-aux-Cailles
A geothermal spring 580 meters below Paris feeds a year-round outdoor pool heated to 28°C.
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Alnwick, United Kingdom
Alnwick Gardens
Behind skull-marked gates, gardeners in hazmat suits tend belladonna and hemlock. Oh, and 20 to 30 visitors faint from the fumes every year.
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Shiraz, Iran
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
This mosque's expensive gamble turns morning prayers into a daily light show.
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