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Unalaska Island in the remote Aleutian archipelago was part of an epic, but now mostly forgotten, military campaign during World War II.
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The Buzludzha Monument was built in 1981 to glorify the country's Communist Party and to mark the birthplace of Bulgarian socialism.
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Trier is home to the most Roman ruins outside of Rome itself, but for 150,000 annual Chinese visitors, the real draw is the city’s tie to Karl Marx.
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Known as a ‘pain au chocolat’ in Paris and a ‘chocolatine’ in south-west France, this ubiquitous, flaky pastry is now at the heart of a parliamentary debate.
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Breakfast is so integral to Van in eastern Turkey that a backstreet parallel to the main boulevard is unofficially known as ‘Breakfast Makers Street’.
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Eighty-year-old Julia Albu drove through Africa, breezing her way through notorious borders and military blockades by saying she was going to London to have tea with the Queen.
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New Bedford, Massachusetts, is a place few have heard of. But the mark it has left on the world is profound.
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