Iowa City, Iowa
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.
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Saugues, France
Museum of the Beast of Gevaudan
An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.
Kealakekua, Hawaii
Captain Cook Monument
A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.
Munich, Germany
Asamkirche
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
Permanently Closed
Cave City, Kentucky
Floyd Collins Museum
A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Palm Springs, California
Robo Lights
An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.
London, England
Foundling Museum
Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
Permanently Closed
Cape Town, South Africa
Macassar Beach Pavilion
An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.
Shattuck, Oklahoma
Shattuck Windmill Museum
Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.
Djenne, Mali
Great Mud Mosque of Djenné
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
Castellane, France
Mandarom
Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.
Kassel, Germany
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
SS Morro Castle Monument
Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.
Cahors, France
Pont Valentre
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Völklingen, Germany
Volklinger Ironworks
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Essen, Germany
Zollverein
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Amlwch, Wales
Parys Mountain
The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.
Oberhausen, Germany
Gasometer Oberhausen
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Blegny, Belgium
Blegny-Mine
Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Ferropolis
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Martorell, Spain
Pont del Diable
A gravity-defying "devil's bridge" that has a surprising architectural feature for its stability.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
99s Museum of Women Pilots
Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.
