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16 Photos That Are Too Unique to Overlook

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The world is full of undiscovered corners of beauty and fascination, and that is why it’s time for another installment of photos to remind you of just that! There is no way to know what you might discover when you open your eyes to the unexpected things around you. From unbelievably beautiful or unusual locations around the world to artifacts that offer a lively glimpse into the past or rare types of animals, these must-see photos will uplift and inspire you.

1. A beautiful Victorian townhouse in Boston

2. A rare albino turtle

3. A royal flycatcher with a fancy crown

4. Hofskirkja, a 130 years old turf church in Iceland

Beautiful Curiosities Around the World Hofskirkja, a 130 years old turf church in Iceland

5. This is the inhabited Japanese volcanic island of Aogashima, which is technically part of Tokyo despite being more than 200 miles off the coast

6. Portrait of Shimazu Nariakira, the earliest known photo in Japan, taken in 1857

7. Greece: The oldest throne room in Europe, at the heart of the Bronze Age Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete, 15th Century BC

8. A zonkey foal with its Zebra Father and Donkey Mother at the Colchester Zoo in 1971

9. Norway receiving their first delivery of bananas, 1905

10. Giarre, Sicily after the recent eruption of Mount Etna

11. Pacific Northwest Redwood Tree

12. Maho Beach on Saint Martin island is known for the low-flying airliners, which fly so closely above the beach that people can actually be blown into the water because of the jet blast

13. Theodore Roosevelt's journal entry when both his mother and wife died within hours of each other, 1884

14. A ginormous agave plant grows in an abandoned greenhouse that has been neglected for several years

15. Eight Shell-shaped gas stations were built in the 1930s, but the only one left, can be found in North Carolina

16. An Australian dust storm that looks like a giant mug of beer

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