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Christchurch, New Zealand

185 Chairs

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Christchurch, New Zealand

'Diminish and Ascend'

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Washington, D.C.

Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
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Turin, Italy

Fiat Lingotto Factory

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.
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Venice, Italy

Peggy Guggenheim's Grave

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.
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Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Lost Third Column

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
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Venice, Italy

Piraeus Lion

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.
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Venice, Italy

Palazzo Dario

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Melanie Xulu Added by Melanie Xulu
Venice, Italy

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
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Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Fremantle, Australia

Tom Edwards Memorial Fountain

A monument to a working class martyr.
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Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
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Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
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St John's, Antigua and Barbuda

VC Bird Monument

An imposing statue of the first prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda stands in the middle of a traffic intersection.
Added by HannahT
Moscow, Russia

Moscow Metro Stations

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
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Bucharest, Romania

Arcul de Triumf

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.
Lilina Added by Lilina
Bucharest, Romania

Palace of the Parliament

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
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Niterói, Brazil

Niterói Contemporary Art Museum

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.
Added by KimberlySmith
Stockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
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Prague, Czechia

Old Jewish Cemetery

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Added by biboul
Helsinki, Finland

Suomenlinna Church

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
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Vienna, Austria

Kunstkammer Wien

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.
Allison Added by Allison
Vienna, Austria

Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Added by mbison
Istanbul, Turkey

Tombs of the Sultans

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.
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