Heimaey, Iceland
Eldheimar Museum
This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.
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Heimaey, Iceland
This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.
Meknes, Morocco
Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Athens, Greece
The burial place of one the greatest Arthurian authors, with the sword in the (grave)stone.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
A 100-year-old Japanese command center is now a unique underground university walkway with periodic exhibits.
Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands
This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.
Lund, Sweden
Could this controversial parietal bone be the remains of the famed French philosopher?
Rome, Italy
Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
Tokyo, Japan
This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Sant Just Desvern, Spain
An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.
Dunedin, New Zealand
One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Rapa, Poland
A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
Šibenik, Croatia
This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Suakin, Sudan
Remains of an abandoned coral city.
Puerto Misahuallí, Ecuador
An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.
Dalat, Vietnam
A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
Wicklow, Ireland
An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.
Cairo, Egypt
A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.