Gallery: The Weird Nothingness Across the Street From Famous Monuments
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India
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Great Wall of China, Mutianyu, China
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Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
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Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel
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Buckingham Palace, London, UK
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Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, USA
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Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Lenin's Tomb, Moscow, Russia
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Parthenon, Athens, Greece
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Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy
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'Arbeit macht frei' Gates, Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Poland
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White House, Washington D.C., USA
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