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Campeche, Mexico

The Bastion of San Carlos

This historic, pentagon-shaped fort houses the City Museum.
Mario Yair TS Added by Mario Yair TS
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico

Zoo Miguel Álvarez del Toro

Catch a glimpse of local, native wildlife at this zoo dedicated to conservation and education.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Pachuca de Soto, Mexico

Mundo Fútbol

What better place to learn about the beautiful game than an actual soccer ball-shaped building?
linkogecko Added by linkogecko
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Taller Leñateros (Woodlanders’ Workshop)

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.
Added by jessicagvincent
London, England

The Euston Tap

The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Geneva, Switzerland

Pointe de la Jonction

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Oaxaca, Mexico

Nocheztlicalli - Museo Ecológico de Grana Cochinilla

Here you can learn about an insect that was called "cactus blood," which trade turned immensely valuable as "red gold".
linkogecko Added by linkogecko
Edinburgh, Scotland

Gulliver's Foot

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
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Edinburgh, Scotland

Ravenswood Standing Stone

An ancient relic in Edinburgh that is around 4,000 years old.
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Edinburgh, Scotland

GVIR Post Box

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.
SEANETTA Added by SEANETTA
Edinburgh, Scotland

Balm Well

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.
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Edinburgh, Scotland

Pianodrome

An unusual entertainment complex full of up-cycled musical instruments.
SEANETTA Added by SEANETTA
San Bartolo Coyotepec, Mexico

‘El Mural de la Conquista’ (‘Mural of the Conquest’)

In this state repository of folk art, perhaps no piece is more representative than this brutal work featuring the town’s distinctive black clay pottery.
linkogecko Added by linkogecko
Oaxaca, Mexico

‘El Mural Que Debió Ser’ (‘The Mural That Should’ve Been’)

A modern feminist movement has brought to life the mural that machismo once denied to artist María Izquierdo.
linkogecko Added by linkogecko
Oaxaca, Mexico

Mercado de la Merced

Start your morning off with an epic food crawl.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Oaxaca, Mexico

La Frijolería

Dine on funerary beans alongside off-duty lucha libre wrestlers.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Edinburgh, Scotland

National Monument of Scotland

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."
Added by cdanesh
Crieff, Scotland

Library of Innerpeffray

Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.
Added by duncanchappell
Edinburgh, Scotland

Sir Nils Olav

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.
IJVin Added by IJVin
Lausanne, Switzerland

The Births of the Full Moon

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Lausanne, Switzerland

Palais de Rumine

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.
TrevorShawnElia Added by TrevorShawnElia
Geneva, Switzerland

John Calvin's Grave

A modest grave marks the final resting place of one of the world's most influential religious figures.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Geneva, Switzerland

Liszt Memorial

A memorial to a 19th-century composer who was known for driving crowds wild.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Geneva, Switzerland

Guillotine of Geneva

During the French annexation, 36 prisoners were executed using this device.
Luis Morato Added by Luis Morato