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Il-Gardjola Guard Tower in Senglea, Malta

The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.#fortresses #history&culture #towers #section-Atlas
Il-Gardjola Guard Tower

Computer und Gaming Museum Wien in Vienna, Austria

Housed in a former air raid shelter, this museum is dedicated to the history of computing and video games.#retro-tech #museums #technology #videogames #computermuseums #computers #section-Atlas
Computer und Gaming Museum Wien

Namo Buddha Stupa in Simalchaur Syampati, Nepal

This pilgrimage site was built to honor an incarnation of Buddha who sacrificed himself to save a tiger and her two cubs.#tigers #monasteries #buddhism #buddha #section-Atlas
Namo Buddha Stupa

Futago Park in Inzai, Japan

This park was once home to now-extinct Naumann's elephants, and what might have been a real Banksy.#bathrooms #parks #extinctanimals #graffiti #banksy #sculptures #elephants #section-Atlas
Futago Park

Chester L. Krause Legacy Park in Iola, Wisconsin

This rural park in central Wisconsin honors one of the world’s most prominent numismatists.#localhistory #parks #memorials #coins #statues #section-Atlas
Chester L. Krause Legacy Park

Wat Sutthi Wararam in Bangkok, Thailand

Displaying religious art made almost exclusively in modern styles helps set this Buddhist temple apart from the myriad others in Bangkok.#religion #art #monasteries #buddhism #temples #section-Atlas
Wat Sutthi Wararam

Grave of Hambone Jr. in Alresford, England

This grave remembers the beloved canine companion of soldiers far from home.#memorials #worldwarii #animals #graves #militaryhistory #petcemeteries #dogs #section-Atlas
Grave of Hambone Jr.

Roman Relief on Rue du Saint-Esprit in Luxembourg, Luxembourg

An ancient Roman relief beautifully preserved on the façade of a house.#sculptures #history&culture #roman #section-Atlas
Roman Relief on Rue du Saint-Esprit

Fontana dei Dodici Mesi in Turin, Italy

See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.#monuments #mythology #calendars #water #fountains #section-Atlas
Fontana dei Dodici Mesi

Lascaris War Rooms in Valletta, Malta

Both the World War II Allied Forces and NATO have used this modern bunker underneath Malta’s capital.#militaryhistory #worldwarii #subterraneansites #bunkers #underground #section-Atlas
Lascaris War Rooms

Doña Aurora Street Art in Angono, Philippines

A series of murals cast in concrete decorate the walls where the famous artist Botong once lived.#streetart #philippines #murals #artists #museums #section-Atlas
Doña Aurora Street Art

Peak District Lead Mining Museum in Matlock Bath, England

Explore the history of mining in this museum, or in a real mine from the 1920s.#history #museums #minerals #mine #mines #section-Atlas
Peak District Lead Mining Museum

Church and Convent of St. Francis of Assisi in Velha Goa, India

This church in Old Goa was established by eight Portuguese Franciscan friars who landed there in 1517.#religion #preservation #churches #architecture #section-Atlas
Church and Convent of St. Francis of Assisi

Universel Murad Hassil in Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands

A seemingly out-of-place temple built on the spot where a mystic had a profound spiritual experience.#architecture #dunes #temple #temples #religion #section-Atlas
Universel Murad Hassil

Tumalo Falls in Bend, Oregon

An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.#trails #geology #forests #waterfalls #water #section-Atlas
Tumalo Falls

Black and White House Museum in Hereford, England

This iconic Tudor home-turned-museum offers a unique glimpse into the everyday life of a prosperous family during the early modern period.#tudors #architecture #architecturaloddities #history #england #museums #section-Atlas
Black and White House Museum

Oz Plaza in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Life-size statues of characters from 'The Wizard of Oz' stand at the one of the early screening sites for the 1939 movie.#murals #midwest #statues #film #movies #section-Atlas
Oz Plaza

Dora I in Trondheim, Norway

At this submarine concrete bunker on the Trondheim fjord, secrets lie above and below the water's surface.#boats #u-boats #concrete #underwater #submarines #warhistory #worldwarii #bunkers #section-Atlas
Dora I

Scratch Patch in Cape Town, South Africa

A large cave littered with beautiful semi precious stones waiting to be picked up.#geology #minerals #rocks #section-Atlas
Scratch patch

Verfmolen De Kat in Zaandam, Netherlands

This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.#history&culture #industry #color #art #windmills #section-Atlas
Verfmolen De Kat