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Noto, Italy
Palazzo Nicolaci di Villadorata
An 18th century ornate noble residence now serves at the town's public library.
Tehran, Iran
Golestan Palace
Offering an array of gardens, royal buildings, and collections of Iranian crafts and European gifts, the Palace represents a spectrum of Iranian history and architecture that certified its place as a UNESCO World Heritage Site being one of Tehran’s oldest monuments.
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Milburn House
Designed to resemble an ocean liner, this office block is located on one of the city's last remaining medieval-era streets.
Maynooth, Ireland
Maynooth University
Lost in time (and on campus)? Navigating the time zones of Maynooth University.
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Bristol, United Kingdom
Adventurous Activity Company
Bristol’s Adventurous Activity Company offers a diner-sized menu of outdoor challenges
Tunis, Tunisia
Dar Bayram
Beyond this door of the largest palatial residences in Tunisia, visitors will find a newly renovated 5-star hotel named Palais Bayram.
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Oradea, Romania
Black Eagle Palace
Before it became a palace of commerce, accommodation, and entertainment, in the 1700s it was simply the Black Eagle Inn (the Town’s Beer House).
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Rainbow Row
Local lore suggests the pastel facade of Rainbow Row once helped drunken sailors find their way home.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Saadian Tombs
After being deliberately walled up in the 18th century, these royal tombs were rediscovered in 1917.
Wales, United Kingdom
Tenby Beach
We can confirm Tenby is a sight worth seeing - as is one of its somewhat surprising visitors.
Barcelona, Spain
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
To the Spanish officials who built this stadium, there was no better place to host the Olympic games. History, however, had other plans.
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Ocean Grove, New Jersey, United States
’59 Nash Metropolitan
Before the tiny Smart Cars, there was the Nash Metropolitan.
Paris, France
Syndicat de L’Épicerie Française
This Art Nouveau building was once home to France's most powerful grocer's union.
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Schwende, Switzerland
Aescher Berg Gasthaus
Welcome to the guesthouse with a built-in rock wall, a 100-foot vertical drop below the patio, and nowhere to actually spend the night.
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Po Lin Monastery
Monastery on the outskirts of Hong Kong, home to one of the largest outdoor Buddhas in the world--111 feet tall, atop a 300-step climb up a mountain.
Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Todra Gorge
This beautiful dusted gorge exists a stone's throw from a wonder of an arid climate--an oasis
Salzburg, Austria
Schloss Hellbrunn
This Austrian palace is celebrated for its fountains and water tricks.
Tuscany, Italy
Versilia
During Roman times, Versilia was not an area where the Emperor was known to roam. A few centuries later, the Tuscans had a holiday hotspot on their hands.
Krasnodar, Russia
The Krasnodar State Historic and Archaeological Museum-Reserve of Felitsyn E.D.
This Museum goes on underwater archeological expeditions to gather artifacts for its exhibits.
Glava, Sweden
Grandstand
By the appearance of their grandstand, the team struggled with maintaining the requisite rowdy fan base to boost their morale.
Helsinki, Finland
Ihantola
Ihantola translates to “Wonderful Place” and oh, what a wonder it is!
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Waterbury, Vermont, United States
Cabot Cheese
In 1919, 94 farmers came together to form a cooperative, realizing that they were better off working together in dairy than independently.
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Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States
Woolaroc Museum
Oilman, "Uncle" Frank Phillips, needed a place to store his transpacific race-winning plane, Woolaroc, birthing what would become "the most unique place" in America, the Woolaroc Museum, home to an impressive display of Western and Native crafts as well as a sprawling wildlife reserve.
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Harris Hill Ski Jump
For the non-thrill seeker, it’s hard to imagine looking down on a steep-slope and thinking, “If I go fast enough, and put a ramp at the right spot, I bet I could achieve something close to flying!”
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Shelburne, Vermont, United States
Shelburne Museum
Since 1947, this off-centered museum has been putting the "ordinary" in "extraordinary" with its unusual collection.
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Flint, Michigan, United States
The Capitol Theatre
A theater restoration even its ghosts can appreciate.
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Denver, Colorado, United States
The Cruise Room
For a taste of luxurious libation inspired by one of history’s most celebrated ships, you’ll need to travel far, far away from the ocean…
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Tobermory, Isle of Mull, United Kingdom
Isle of Mull Cheese
The only dairy farm in the Hebrides.
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Tobermory, Isle of Mull, United Kingdom
Tobermory
A harbor possibly holding buried treasure.
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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Anatomical Museum
A new meaning behind a body being "snatched."
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Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom
East Hill Cliff Railway
World-changing inspiration struck at the top of a hill — but the experiments had to wait. The inventor’s only way down was the steepest ride in England.
Seattle, Washington, United States
Space Needle
This Seattle icon actually began with a bar napkin sketch of a UFO and a tethered balloon.
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