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The Shard

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London, England

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Burj Al Arab Hotel

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Loch Ness

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Scotland (in the Highlands)

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Kronborg Castle

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Helsingør, Denmark

immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet

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Angkor Wat

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Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Moulin Rouge

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Paris, France

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Mount Rushmore

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South Dakota

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Lascaux Caves

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France (near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne)

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Victoria Falls

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at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe

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Everglades National Park

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Florida

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The Forbidden City

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Beijing, China

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St. Paul’s Cathedral

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London, England

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The Ka’aba

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Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Buckingham Palace

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London, England

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Kilimanjaro

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Tanzania

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Abu Simbel

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Egypt

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Mont-Saint-Michel

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Normandy, France

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Arc de Triomphe

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Paris, France

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The Gerkin

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London, England

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Oriental Pearl TV Tower

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Shanghai, China

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Death Valley

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California

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Machu Picchu

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Peru (in the Cusco Region)

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Ha Long Bay

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Vietnam

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Louvre Museum

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Paris, France

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Big Ben

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London, England (at the north end of the Palace of Westminster)

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The Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib)

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Amritsar, India

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The Parthenon (on the Acropolis)

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Athens, Greece

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Mount Etna

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Sicily, Italy

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Palace of Versailles

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Île-de-France, France (about 20 km southwest of Paris)

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Mount Fuji

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Japan (on Honshu)

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St. Basil’s Cathedral

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Moscow, Russia

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Millau Bridge

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France

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Westminster Abbey

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London, England

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St. Mark’s Basilica and Campanile

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Venice, Italy

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Statue of Liberty

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Liberty Island in New York Harbor

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Tower Bridge

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London, England

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Sistine Chapel

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Vatican City

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Christ the Redeemer

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On Corcovado overlooking Rio de Janiero, Brazil

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Iguazu Falls

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Argentina

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Petra

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Jordan

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The Great Pyramid (and the Great Sphinx)

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Giza (in Greater Cairo), Egypt

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Giant’s Causeway

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Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Notre-Dame (the most famous one)

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Île de la Cité, Paris, France

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Leaning Tower

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Pisa, Italy

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Colosseum

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Rome, Italy

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Pompeii (and Mount Vesuvius)

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Italy (near Naples)

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Petronas Twin Towers

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Cloud Gate

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Chicago, Illinois

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Brandenburg Gate

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Berlin, Germany

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Trevi Fountain

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Rome, Italy

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Windsor Castle

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Windsor, England (in Berkshire)

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Potala Palace

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Lhasa, Tibet

former Winter Palace of the Dalai Lama

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Burj Khalifa

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Freedom Tower

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New York City (at “Ground Zero”)

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Times Square

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New York City

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Table Mountain

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South Africa (overlooking the city of Cape Town)

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St. Peter’s Basilica

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Vatican City

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The Grand Canyon

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Arizona, United States

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Empire State Building

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New York City,

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Pompidou Centre

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Paris, France

61
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CN Tower

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Toronto, Ontario

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The Little Mermaid

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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Alhambra

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Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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Tivoli Gardens

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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Sacre Coeur

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Paris, France

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Yellowstone National Park

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Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too.

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Bridge of Sighs

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Venice, Italy

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Ponte Vecchio

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Florence (or Firenze), Italy

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Mount Everest

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Nepal and China (Tibet Autonomous Region)

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Neuschwanstein Castle

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Bavaria, Germany

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Space Needle

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Seattle, Washington

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Wailing Wall (or Western Wall)

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Jerusalem, Israel

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Guggenheim Museum

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There are several! The most famous two are the one in New York City and the one in Bilbao, Spain.

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Taj Mahal

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Agra, India

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Uluru (Ayers Rock)

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Australia

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Newgrange

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County Meath, Ireland

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Capitol Hill

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Washington, D.C.

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Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Jerusalem, Israel

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The Mo’ai

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

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Blue Mosque

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Istanbul, Turkey

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Chichen Itza

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‎Yucatán, Mexico

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Hagia Sophia

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Istanbul, Turkey

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The Terracotta Army ( Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum)

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Xi’an, China

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Eiffel Tower

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Paris, France

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Matterhorn

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Switzerland and Italy

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The Pentagon

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Arlington County, Virginia

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Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower)

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Chicago, Illinois

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Spanish Steps

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Rome, Italy

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La Sagrada Familia

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Barcelona, Spain

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Gateway Arch

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St. Louis, Missouri

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Redwood National and State Parks

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California

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The Kremlin

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Moscow, Russia

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Alcatraz

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off the coast of San Francisco, California

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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

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Arizona (near the border with Utah)

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Bran Castle

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Transylvania, Romania

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The Blue Lagoon

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Iceland (near Reykjavik)

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Golden Gate Bridge

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San Francisco, California

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Stonehenge

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Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England

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Manneken Pis

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Brussels, Belgium

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Rialto Bridge

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Venice, Italy

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