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Discover: Göreme

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Many of the hoteliers in Göreme, Turkey can offer you the option of sleeping in a cave.

Discover: Hydra

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The Greek town of Hydra isn't named for the mythical monster, but rather for a long-defunct spring.

Discover: Dubuque

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With a population of less than 60,000, Dubuque, Iowa isn't a big city, but it's home to no fewer than six colleges with affiliations to churches.

Discover: Kiev

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Moussorgsky notwithstanding, there's no Great Gate in Kiev, but you can visit a Chernobyl museum there.

Discover: Chicago/Southwest Side

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Got a hankering for iguana skin boots? You can get them at Sanchez Brothers Western Clothes, on Chicago's Southwest Side.

Discover: Mongolia

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If you visit Mongolia and have an adventurous palate, try a boodog, or marmot barbecue. (May cause bubonic plague.)

Discover: Canton

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The entrance to the (American) Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton (Ohio) is (unsurprisingly) surmounted by half of a giant football, but the effect is to make the building look like a giant orange squeezer.

Discover: Malacca

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If you visit Malacca during Intrudu in February, be ready to have buckets of water thrown at you. (It's all in fun.)

Discover: Munich/City Center

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What's that doing there? One of the features of the Frauenkirche in Munich's City Center district is the Teufelstritt, or devil's footstep.