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The looming sculpture features a small camera above an eight-foot-tall screen, which displays live video from Lithuania, Poland and Ireland
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The sprawling estate, which is the largest privately owned home in the country, will open its doors in November after a month-long closure
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Owner George Frandsen has some 8,000 coprolites from dinosaurs, sharks and other creatures
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Paramotorists spotted the dog while soaring above one of Giza's pyramids last week
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Travis Gienger, who nicknamed his prize-winning pumpkin "Rudy," has been growing gourds for nearly 30 years
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At a new park in Bosnia and Herzegovina, two dozen gardeners have spent years replicating the Dutch artist's masterpiece using the land as their canvas
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Across the country, revelers are dressing in costumes and gliding across bodies of water on stand-up paddleboards to ring in the spooky season
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During the restorations, visitors will be able to see the famous site via a temporary walkway, which officials will use to study the flow of foot traffic
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Two weeks ago, organizers of Project Skydrop stashed a golden statuette in a secret location somewhere in the northeastern United States
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The show coincides with an initiative that will give away 49 of the tree's saplings to individuals and communities across the country
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The Kyoto museum will feature interactive exhibits, gaming artifacts, workshop spaces and oversized controllers inspired by iconic video games
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In 1964, a graduate student cut down a bristlecone pine in Nevada. The tree, now known as Prometheus, turned out to be nearly 5,000 years old
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In the dusty landscape surrounding the city of Marfa, a huge 3D printer is constructing 43 new rooms and 18 residential homes as part of an expansion of El Cosmico
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Most adult king penguins weigh between 31 and 37 pounds. At nine months old, a 51.8-pound Pesto is already looming over his parents
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In 1858, the mountain was named for a Confederate general. Now, it will once again be known as "Kuwohi"
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The viewfinders are outfitted with special lenses that help people with red-green colorblindness distinguish between hues
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The Galeón Andalucía, which is now making its way to London, was designed to resemble the armed merchant vessels manufactured by Spain and Portugal between the 16th and 18th centuries
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Una Pizza Napoletana on the Lower East Side has claimed the top spot in an annual ranking of pizzerias around the globe
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Officials in Extremadura are hoping to attract digital nomads and tech workers in a bid to boost the region's shrinking population
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