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Stay in a cabin modeled after the shipwrecks that litter the foreboding but beautiful Skeleton Coast.

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Candles not included.

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Today, Little Free Libraries has more than 50,000 sites around the world.

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Every photo shared helps raise awareness of the vulnerable species.

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A map of the U.S. showing the warmest day of the year by location was created using climate data from the National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Where does your state lie?

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It was even a protected species until 2005.

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Six times a week, planes flew from England to Wales with no passengers—but for one specific reason.

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You thought baggage fees were bad? Try coming off the plane with an infestation.

T-Centralen Station in Stockholm, Sweden

Where form meets function.

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Time to move to Asia.

Get your fill of funky architecture.

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Some states draw huge crowds every year for some pretty quirky events.

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They have a secret museum of crime artifacts (including body parts) that's closed to the general public.

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It's a marvel of poop-related engineering.

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Don't succumb to "pressure selling."

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The liquid in the frames syncs with your sense of balance.

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When it opens in 2021, Svart will be the world's first 'energy-positive' hotel.

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If you begin frequenting a new place, you probably stop going to another, keeping your total number of haunts constant.

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The film star's death on June 29, 1967 led to lasting safety changes.