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BY KEVIN DOLGIN

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[As a public service brought to you, by us, from time to time, Kevin Dolgin will be writing about out of the way spots that we think you might want to visit. ]

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Girl With Lotus Flower: Saigon

Miller, You're Asleep! L'île d'Arz

Zvouros, the Clawed Guardian of the Acropolis

Tuck and Patti and Jeff and Starlight

A Tree or Not a Tree?: Chennai, India

Crater Lake, Oregon

Lyon and Lightsabers

Shaken, Not Stirred: Monaco

Kafka's Erotic Dream: Prague

A to Zagreb

Alexander the Naval Trombone Player—St. Petersburg, Russia

Erbalunga

Of Romans and Pussycats: Provence

The (or at Least a) Temple of Spanish Soccer

The Château d'If

The Curse of the Mummies

Les Frites de la Liberté

Airport Kisses

The Nesting Habits of Roman Cars

Boiled Duck Embryos—Manila

Flying Over (and Stopping in) Bangkok

Fortune-Telling Rabbits: Istanbul

The Street Performers of Barcelona

Cities in the Sand: Rio de Janeiro

The Lost Civilization of Torre

The Original Singapore Sling

Knockin' on Heaven's Nostril: The Daibutsu, Nara, Japan

A Slow Boat to Japan

Switzerland's Least Boring Street

The Great Wall of Chinese Golf

Sex and Drugs and Sambal Goreng Buncis

Warning: This Column Can Cause Fetal Defects

The Third Tower Up From the Road: Huanghuacheng, China

The Submarine Sights of Copenhagen

Election Day: Toulouse

The Door to Hell: Paris, France

Odysseus and Grilled Lobster: Bonifacio, Corsica

Mickey Mouse and Marshal Zhukov: Manezh Square, Moscow

Of Hermits and Saracens: Le Vieux Noyer, France

The Inside-Out Heart of Paris: Beaubourg

In Search of Frank Zappa: Vilnius, Lithuania

The Basel Rathaus

The Antique Carousel of the Picci Family: Florence, Italy

Ljubljana Castle

Useful Phrases

The Best Falafel in the World—Beirut

Tom Tit's Experiment—Södertälje, Sweden

The Waterfowl of Windsor

The Spanish King of Brussels

The Dalmore Distillery

Istanbul: The Private Tour of Topkapi Palace's Harem Complex As Conducted by John-with-a-c

The Fiumicelli River

 

 

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