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myturn21

Reference librarian at an upstate NY college, intrepid world traveller, heavy metalhead since high school, watcher of many films, reader of many books, cycle rider, Game of Thrones junkie, repeated watcher of Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Boys, bar trivia player.

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Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Added by meelar

Aguas Calientes, Peru

Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Added by LongNow

Sacsayhuamán

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Added by vivianlefay

Nazca Lines

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Chauchilla Cemetery

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Dylan

Huacachina

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

serflac

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Pachacamac

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

Added by aburl80c

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

michelle

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Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?