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Karkala, India
St. Lawrence Minor Basilica
A basilica in Karnataka that looks like a Disney castle, built on the spot where a wooden statue of St. Lawrence refused to be carried further.
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Rio Grande Depot
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad spent $750,000 in 1910 to outshine a competitor, then sold the depot for a dollar in 1977.
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Naryn, Kyrgyzstan
Song Kol Lake
Song Kol sits under snow for 200 days each year. Families arrive in June, hang laundry from vans, graze herds, then vanish by October.
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Aalborg, Denmark
Aalborg Old City Hall
For 150 years, nine people ran this city hall with a jail in the basement - now it only governs vows and wedding ceremonies.
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Colfosco, Italy
Colfosco
The world's largest ski area exists because one man in 1973 was annoyed about stopping to pay for lift tickets at every mountain.
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Lugano, Switzerland
Swiss Customs Museum
A museum with no roads and a submarine built to smuggle salami across Lake Lugano—one succeeded, the other never left shore.
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Palm Springs, California, United States
Palm Springs
Palm Springs: 354 days of sunshine, eight miles per gallon, and the belief that physics is optional if you refuse to acknowledge it.
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Courchevel, France
Courchevel Cable Car
The word "altiport" was invented in 1961 for this runway—where landings have no second chances and arrival is a declaration.
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Creemore, Ontario, Canada
Creemore Springs Brewery
Mauled by a tiger during the Depression, sold a brewery for $25 million at 74.
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Rheinfelden, Switzerland
Feldschlösschen Brewery
A warm winter nearly destroyed Switzerland's largest brewery before it began.
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Geneva, Switzerland
Bijouterie CD I Love You
A jewelry store in Geneva’s neighborhood where love is the local specialty.
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Valletta, Malta
Saluting Battery
Malta's Saluting Battery has served as its most historic alarm clock since the 16th century!
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Echternach, Luxembourg
Abbey of Echternach
Each Whit Tuesday, Echternach revives its centuries-old dancing procession: a handkerchief-linked, brass-band swirl of faith and footwork that even Saint Willibrord would jump back in line for.
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
The Quion Hotel
The Quoin turns a onetime 1885 bank—vaults, corners, coins and all—into Wilmington’s most charming boutique stay, complete with its first-ever rooftop bar.
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Winterthur Museum & Gardens
This 175-room “American palace” is equipped with wild gardens, 90,000 art pieces, and a history grand enough to once include a prize-winning dairy herd.
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Public Library
How a French ventriloquist sparked the the idea for the first official library in the USA.
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Gran Canaria, Spain
Las Palmas Gospel Church
In the 1960s, South Korean fishermen settled on Spain’s Gran Canaria, creating the only Koreatown in Spain and a true island melting pot!
Château-d'Œx, Switzerland
Festival International de Ballons
Every year for over 40 years, the famously cold Swiss Alps are warmed by community, colors, and hot air (the good kind)...
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Cedar Grove, Tennessee, United States
101 Travel Stop
This Tenneesee travel stop's first digits are the only ten we see...
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metropolitan Fish Market
Old-school. Cash-only. Preferably quarters.
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Haworth, United Kingdom
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR)
This picture-perfect railway has been brought back to life!
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Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Sofitel Winter Palace Hotel Luxor
Where the Nile meets nostalgia — the Winter Palace in Luxor has welcomed explorers, writers, and kings since 1886.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen University Library
A quiet masterpiece of red brick and iron, Copenhagen’s University Library has been keeping knowledge alive — and beautifully housed — since 1482.
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Sydney, Australia
Hornby Lighthouse
Built in 1858 after two devastating shipwrecks, Hornby Lighthouse still stands at the edge of South Head..
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Venice, Italy
St. Mark’s Campanile
One of the world's most copied structures is, itself, a copy.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
M. Trock Building
We could go for a cream soda right about now.
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Oaks Park Roller Skating Rink
Roller skating to the sound of a live pipe organ? Only in Portland.
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Kampar, Malaysia
Bandar Agacia
Once a pastel Disney-inspired township with cafés, themed streets, and dreams of a Cinderella castle didn't quite see a fairytale ending (yet!).
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Gold Bar, Washington, United States
Espresso Chalet
Perched along Washington’s Highway 2, this spot has been serving coffee with a side of folklore for more than 30 years.
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Kralendijk, Netherlands
The Harbour Village Lighthouse
Though its home is on the same island as Fort Oranje, this distinctly yellow lighthouse has a colorful history, and even more colorful neighbors.
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Porto, Portugal
Club Fluvial Portuense
Club Fluvial Portuense, founded in 1876, remains a living hub of rowing, swimming, and community on the Douro—more working river club than monument.
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London, United Kingdom
Piccadilly Circus Station
Piccadilly Circus Station, built in 1906 and reshaped underground by Charles Holden, remains the true heart of the square—moving millions quietly beneath the neon above.
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Basel, Switzerland
St. Johann Capelle
St. Johann Chapel in Basel, plain and modest beside the grand Minster, endures through centuries of shifting use—once a fruit storehouse, now a quiet space for small services.
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Cornwall, United Kingdom
Escalls Chapel
Escalls Chapel, a stone church near Land’s End, is now best known for its surfboard cross: a seaside landmark blending faith and beach culture.
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