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Montevideo, Uruguay
Teatro Solís
Montevideo’s historic theater, opened in 1856 after surviving the Guerra Grande and Siege of Montevideo.
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Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay
Tante Eva
Tante Eva serves chocolate delicacies in a town famous for its Swiss heritage.
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Singapore, Singapore
Heng Moh Seng
A joss paper and ceremonial goods shop operating since 1975, with more than 300 competitors in the same business.
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Singapore, Singapore
Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film
A nonprofit photography center that's relocated three times in 20 years, now housed in a converted chapel.
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Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States
Midwest Theater
A 1945 fire gave Scottsbluff the chance to rebuild bigger: 60 feet of stainless steel, 132 aluminum stars, and a 12-table pool hall.
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Fort Lawton Historic District
Seattle tried to return Fort Lawton in 1907, then refused to buy it for $1 in 1938. Now it's the city's most beloved park.
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Falcon Heights, Minnesota, United States
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Teddy Roosevelt's 'big stick' speech was delivered on land that had been a poor farm until 1885: days later, he became president.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Thorvaldsen’s Museum
Denmark's only recipient of freedom of the city is buried beneath the museum he made them build.
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Manali, India
Manali
In Kullu's Valley of Gods, hot air balloons float above 300 village deities who once vetoed a $350 million resort.
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Manapouri, New Zealand
Manapouri Cabins
Eighteen cabins overlook the lake that sparked New Zealand's environmental movement: saved by 265,000 signatures in 1970.
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Wankaner, India
Wankaner Royal Oasis
The last stepwell built in Gujarat sits beside an Art Deco pool, both designed by a maharaja in 1935.
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München, Germany
The Munich Residence
Munich's Residence lost 99% of its roof to WWII bombs, but staff saved its Rococo theatre by dismantling it in 1943.
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Eivissa, Spain
Dalt Vila Historic Quarter
About 400 residents live inside Dalt Vila's 16th-century fortress walls, originally built to repel Ottoman pirates, now home to pastel facades and quirky window displays.
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Trakai, Lithuania
Trakai
Crimean warriors turned cucumber farmers: the Karaim went from guarding castles to growing Lithuania's beloved gherkins.
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Lifeguard Hut
This lifeguard hut guards a beach of pulverized volcanic rock that hosted the 2015 World Windsurfing Championships.
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Chania, Greece
Mousouron 2
The last Ottoman soldier left Chania through the gate at Mousouron Street on November 3, 1898, ending 253 years of rule.
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Corfu, Greece
AIDAblu
The first cruise ship with an onboard brewery traces its lineage to East Germany's state-run 'holidaymaker ships.'
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Wien, Austria
Funkhaus Wien
Funkhaus Wien's trapezoid studios were built to make sound 'uncomfortable': a design quirk that created acoustic perfection.
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Main Beach, Queensland, Australia
Narrowreck Beach
Tower 38 is part of Australia's 1989 surveillance plan: 45 numbered sentinels stretching from Coolangatta to The Spit.
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Kokkinogia, Greece
Cape Tainaro Lighthouse
Where three seas meet, Roman baths crumble, and Hercules once dragged a three-headed dog from Hell.
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Campos do Jordão, Brazil
Campos do Jordão
Campos do Jordão's Alpine chalets were built as tuberculosis sanatoria: climatotherapy before antibiotics existed.
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Den Haag, Netherlands
Uniper Stadcentrale Den Haag
Built in 1906 to calm fears about electricity, this palatial power plant is still the Netherlands' oldest in operation.
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Ohrid, North Macedonia
Villa Dino
Between two lakes and two eras: roadside hotels in the Balkans that never quite made it to their grand opening.
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Osaka, Japan
Tsūtenkaku Tower
Asia's second-tallest structure in 1912, Tsūtenkaku connected to Luna Park via Japan's first aerial tramway before both vanished.
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Osaka, Japan
Shinsekai Market
A dying Osaka market saved itself with self-deprecating posters that went viral and turned it into a cult-favorite spot.
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Osaka, Japan
Tamade Supermarket
Named after a pachinko winning term, Tamade's neon-blasted storefronts sell ¥100 meals in what locals call Osaka's cheapest supermarket.
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Doha, Qatar
National Museum of Qatar
A 20th-century palace hides inside 539 interlocking disks designed to look like crystallized sand: the journey ends where history begins.
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Union Depot
St. Paul's Union Depot once handled a quarter of America's mail—more letters than romance, just practical Midwestern efficiency.
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Dale Hill, United Kingdom
Dale Hill Hotel and Golf Club
Dale Hill's Old Course traded dairy cows for divots in 1973; Ian Woosnam's 1997 addition starts with a 602-yard reality check.
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Tromsø, Norway
Skansen
Tromsø's medieval fortress became a customs house in 1789 built atop 13th-century ramparts to tax newly liberated trade.
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Tromsø, Norway
Tromsø Cathedral
Norway's only wooden cathedral once held 984 seats—until hundreds of pews were removed to make room for tables.
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Tromsø, Norway
Vardensteatret
Norway's oldest operating cinema hides an orchestra pit under its floor: a remnant from when every film screening had live music.
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Agafay, Morocco
Agafay Desert
When Morocco's stone desert bloomed for the first time in a decade, the balloons overhead matched the wildflowers below.
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Fringe Club
Built atop a razed plague district, this 1906 lab once examined every dead rat in Hong Kong to prevent the next outbreak.
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Aalborg, Denmark
Aalborg Old City Hall
Built as a copy of Copenhagen's city hall in 1762, this became the only surviving example when the original burned down in 1795.
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