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Estonia

Saatse Boot

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.
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London, England

Hungerford Footbridge Skateboard Graveyard

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.
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Paris, France

Petite Ceinture

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
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Mirny, Russia

Mir Diamond Mine

The world's second-largest excavated hole.
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London, England

London Wall

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
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Upper Heyford, England

RAF Upper Heyford

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.
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Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Barra Airport

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
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Canterbury, England

Crooked House

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
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Lebanon, Kansas

Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.
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Belize

Great Blue Hole

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
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Boston, Massachusetts

Jamaica Pond Bench

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.
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Yorkshire, England

Bolton Strid

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.
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Newquay, England

The Island, Newquay

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
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Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Polphail Village

Built during the Scottish boom in the oil industry, the village was never inhabited.
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London, England

The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
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Gwynedd, Wales

Llechwedd Caverns Trampoline Park

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
Falkirk, Scotland

Falkirk Wheel

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
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Derbyshire, England

Blue Lagoon of Buxton

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Seaview, England

No Man's Land

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.
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Pontarfynach, Wales

Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
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Burnley, England

The Singing Ringing Tree

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
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London, England

London's Lilliputian Police Station

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
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Wiltshire, England

Longleat Hedge Maze

The longest hedge maze in the world.
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England

Maunsell Army Sea Forts

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
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