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Leadenhall Wunderkammer
51.5128, -0.0835
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Tugendamt und Pizzarand (Virtue Office and Pizza Crust)
52.4163, 13.1969
Lam Sin, Thailand
Red Barrels Historical Memorial
7.5582, 99.9329
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Amelia Island Pirate Voyages
30.6712, -81.4649
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Uppsala, Sweden
Gustavianum Museum
The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.
Berlin, Germany
Tieranatomisches Theater
Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.
Padua, Italy
Palazzo del Bo Anatomical Theater
The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."
Bologna, Italy
Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio
In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.
Bloomington, Indiana
Brain Sculpture
The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.
Permanently Closed
Silver Spring, Maryland
Mammalian Brain Collection
Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cathedral of Learning
The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.
Goodwell, Oklahoma
'Øvret Peltesh'
At Oklahoma Panhandle State University, a plaque marks a place once known as No Man's Land in the linear world and the fictional Kcymaerxthaere as well.
Holland, Michigan
'Nozoimi'
Outside Hope College in Holland, Michigan, a marker honors a University without people from the fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Taft Chair at Woolsey Hall
An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.
Paris, France
Statue of Death of the University of Medicine
Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls Michelangelos
One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.
Knoxville, Tennessee
William M. Bass Forensic Anthropology Center
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Austin, Texas
Big Bertha Drum
Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.
Bangkok, Thailand
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand.
Lund, Sweden
Nasoteket (The Nose Academy)
Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.
London, England
Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon
The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.
Tucson, Arizona
Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.
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